I’ve come to the above realization today because I’ve spent the better part of late August and early September fully immersed in the world of my work-in-progress and it hasn’t felt like writing as much as puzzle-solving. Because this one isn’t a new project, it’s an old one (originally kamikaze’d years ago) and I know [...]
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Rewriting a novel is like solving a puzzle. But with WORDS.
posted by erin on September 23, 2010
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2010/rewriting-a-novel-is-like-solving-a-puzzle
Writing Workshop Wednesday: Poetry
The Wednesday workshop wisdom continues! This week… Poetry workshop take-aways // or, why this novelist kept taking so many darned poetry workshops. I think in novels. As a kid, I thought, Oh, I think in stories. No. I learned later: I think in novels. In my first workshop at 15, I told my advisor that [...]
posted by erin on August 11, 2010
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2010/workshop-weds-2
The first installment of Writing Workshop Wednesday!
I was thinking lately that I’ve spent a lot of time in workshops and have [probably] had every kind of experience in one. I figured I may as well share some of the many things I’ve learned — and ask you all to dive in and offer your own advice for others! I want to [...]
posted by erin on August 4, 2010
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2010/workshop-weds-1
Productivity! I has it.
Despite the holiday weekend (ahem, Friday to Monday) and despite a few out-of-town jaunts, I’ve written over 20,000 words in a fresh rewrite of a project I started on Saturday, June 26. I needed something to work on while I’m still sending out / waiting on the most recent completed project and switching gears entirely and [...]
posted by erin on July 6, 2010
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2010/productivity-i-has-it
