Check out theĀ CURRENT ISSUEĀ of Quarterday Review.
They’ve published the tiniest poem of mine. š
Check out theĀ CURRENT ISSUEĀ of Quarterday Review.
They’ve published the tiniest poem of mine. š
Thanks to everyone who gave feedback on what the next project should be. 99 days of poetry has commenced on Instagram, now through October 31. If you want to instafollow, find me @mamezirro or search #99lines.
Writing Class Lesson 1.1
So the profāĆl Professorino, if you’re not into the whole brevity thingā kicks off the old online writing class with four dramatic elements necessary to storytelling: Passion. Theme. Character. Premise.
All of a sudden, I feel I have no stories to tell. Because theĀ stories I dream about telling aren’t about what I get passionate about. Like, I’m passionate about my kids, but I don’t think they’d make particularly arresting protagonists. I’m super passionate about telling the truth, but who wants to read a story about a prissy pants truth seeker?
How does this strike you guys? Does Ćl P. think writers want to write a good story, or just propagandize?
I feel like my homework is to shoehorn a passion and a theme into the story ideas I have. When what I really wanted to do was write.
Stay tuned…
I started an online course today, which looks to be pretty awesome. I have no idea how to tell you how to find it. My library calls them Gale courses and offers them for free. They’re owned by a company called Cengage. Their website is ed2go.com. However you find them, see if you can join! It starts today.
I’m doing Write Fiction Like a Pro, taught by Steve Alcornā a name I KNOW I know, but haven’t been able to place yet. Whatevs, even the first lesson has proven useful and I’m looking forward to writing novel number two according to an outline, rather than pantsing like the first one. DUDE, I am NOT a pantser.
Anyhoo when I org my notes later I’ll fill you guys in on the highlights so you can vicariously live out your writerly/educationary dreams.
Let us know in the comments if you’re in, and look for me, username: Mame.