ASSOCIATE MEMBER BLOG TAG: writer
| Thursday, July 21, 2011 6:56PM | | | | Role of Writers in American Society | Tags: Reading Lolita in Tehran, political prisoners, Azar Nafisi, Jonathan Franzen, John Irving, Role of Writers in American Society
| | | In a discussion panel with Azar Nafisi, Jonathan Franzen, and John Irving, one of the questions posed asked what role writers have in American society, in comparison to European countries. Are writers important, celebrated? Are they called upon to make comments in the newspapers, or asked to go on talk shows to impart a bit of wisdom? Not anymore.
John Irving brought this quote to the table: Who was it that said writers are the engineers of human souls? Who said it right before he killed a group of writers? Joseph Stalin. Irving argued that... | | | | | | | Thursday, July 21, 2011 4:55PM | | | | Publishing in the 21st Century | Tags: Publishing, Writers, Ebooks, E-readers
| | | Poets & Writers Magazine has a great article on the publishing industry, called, "Publishing in the Twenty-First Century" by Gabriel Cohen. It talks with author John B. Thompson, who wrote, Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century. Thompson is one of the first people to analyze the business. He discusses the major influences affecting publishing since the 60s, like the mass-market book, the rise of retail shops, the rise of the power agent, and later the addition of electronic technology. It's an eye-opening article for any writer.
I found it interesting to consider... | | | | | | | Friday, November 5, 2010 3:53PM | | | | Stuck for Ideas? Go to the Movies | Tags: Ideas, Movies, westerns, series, plot, setting, character development, Cable TV, A&E, History Channel, TCM, old films, true stories, international news, writers' block, writing slump, story points, plot twist, minimalist, drama, melodrama
| | | I grew up watching offbeat Saturday afternoon westerns like "Sky King" on TV. Not very original and highly formulaic, series like these featured stories a kid could snack on without spoiling her dinner. They were also instructive on plot, setting and a... | | | | | | | Friday, August 6, 2010 9:13AM | | | | A Writer's Most Important Question | Tags: writing, editing, critique, writer's block, queries, story, characters, peer review
| | | The most important question you can ask yourself as a writer is "why." It breaks writer's block and helps writers answer tough questions about their. It also helps with the peer review and critique process.
As a reminder, there's a key that unlocks the power of "why," as we'll see below.
How can asking "why" help when your critique group, mentor or inner critic recommends changes, maybe extensive changes? The criticism may be accurate. You may need to change a scene or delete it, but until you address the reason you wrote... | | | | | | | Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:02PM | | | | The ideal writers' retreat | Tags: writing retreats, Costa Rica, Docelunas, poets and writers, Amherst Writers method
| | | If you had one week to write away from home, job, pets, etc., what would be your ideal surroundings? Would you choose to board a plane to a foreign country, or would a half-day car ride away be enough to jog your senses? Would you seek a retreat where you could immerse yourself in solitude, or one where workshops fill your notebook with new pages?
With these questions in mind, I set out six months ago across Costa Rica in search off the perfect spot to offer writers' retreats---and I found it. Docelunas is a 20-room, eco-friendly oasis at the foothills of the rainforest on the Pacific coast. I sought to fill a need that I'd heard expressed time and again from talented writers... | | | | | | | Tuesday, October 7, 2008 1:15PM | | | | Susan Wingate's 1st PEN Blogging | Tags: susan wingate, writer, writing, blogging, fiction, novelist, poet, playwright
| | | Here we are exiting 2008 and lo and behold, PEN has given us associate members an early Christmas present! We now have our own profiles and blog sites within the PEN website.
Just what I need... more work! A-yee!
My 2nd novel, "Bobby's Diner" (at www.susanwingate.com/BobbysDiner.html) and latest release will be available Feb. 2009 in paperback! | | | | | |
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