Click here to view original web page at Ellen Meeropol on Writing Into the Gaps Left by Untold Family Stories “When more isn’t there, or the story is hidden, my imagination fills in the blanks left by small snippets of family history.” I grew up in a family reluctant to tell stories. Like about Elizabeth, […]
Click here to view original web page at Thomas C. Foster on the Seven Deadly Sins of Writing “You cannot let worry win.” The following first appeared in Lit Hub’s The Craft of Writing newsletter— sign up here . If you hang around the writing racket long enough, you will see every sort of writing […]
Click here to view original web page at Woody Allen announces retirement from filmmaking to focus on writing Film director Woody Allen attends a press conference at La Scala opera house, in Milan, Italy, on July 2, 2019. (Luca Bruno/AP) American Jewish actor and director Woody Allen announced Sunday that he is retiring from filmmaking […]
Click here to view original web page at What Is Chekhov’s Gun? A Guide to Planting & Paying Off Details in Your WritingPhoto Source: “Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” Courtesy Lionsgate Writing a play or screenplay is a complex process that comes with a lot of rules of thumb—some more intuitive than others. One of […]
Click here to view original web page at ‘I think I was good, though I could have been better’: Terry Pratchett and the writing of his lifeAfter he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, the Discworld author began an autobiography. He never finished it, but seven years after his death, his long-time assistant has taken up the […]
Click here to view original web page at ANALYSIS: New to Legal Writing? Start by Talking—and ListeningGood legal writing requires more than knowing the law and filling pages about it. There’s a step in the process that good legal writers take but new associates often miss: defining expectations before writing a word. How can you […]
You must be a Beta member to access this content.
