The story gets to be what the story wants to be
The story gets to be what the story wants to be–meaning, if I’m struggling with a story, it quite likely could be that I’m trying […]
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Outdo your heroes 9 comments
Who are your heroes in your field? What would outdoing them look like? Are you aiming that high? How could you get there? Think of […]
James Baldwin on the role of the artist 6 comments
Now, it is true that the nature of society is to create, among its citizens, an illusion of safety; but it is also absolutely true […]
Art of Resistance 4 comments
…art of resistance (…): that is, art that works to resist erasure and oppression, art that revisits and revises history, art that that tells new […]
Louise Brooks on truth in writing 4 comments
For two extraordinary years I have been working on it — learning to write — but mostly learning how to tell the truth. At first […]
What is your biggest writing obstacle? 14 comments
I want to know what’s going on with you and your writing, so I have put together a short survey to ask about the biggest […]
If You Care About Diversity, Read This
I am pleased to have a new article out today on Wellywood Woman, the site of my friend New Zealand writer and activist Marian Evans, […]
Anthony Minghella: Waiting is part of writing 5 comments
I’ve stopped unravelling everytime I’m unable to write. I wait. The drawer opens. Waiting is part of writing. — Anthony Minghella, in an interview by […]
Adapting Your Own Novel for the Screen 10 comments
My friend Ellen Meister, author of Farewell, Dorothy Parker, was asking today about how novelists can get started with adapting their own work.
