I started writing my first blog about five years ago. The impetus occurred during a writing class I was taking when the instructor asked, “Do you know the difference between a diary, a journal, and a blog?” My definitions were simple. A diary is personal, for my eyes only. A … Read More
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of posts by blogger Mary Bast on Deepening Character Descriptions. Being the boss’s secretary gave Isabelle Goodrow a status different from the other women in the room, but she was different anyway. For example, she was impeccably dressed; even in … Read More
Writing the lyric essay offers the author a frolic in the pool of memoir, biography, poetry and personal essay mixed with a sprinkling of experimental. Sound confusing? It can be. I am currently learning to write lyric essay and often trip over my fiction background in presenting my “truth” with … Read More
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of posts by blogger Mary Bast on Deepening Character Descriptions. In Iris Murdoch’s novel The Green Knight, Clement considers the qualities of Louise Anderson, whom he’s loved from afar: “. . . she instinctively made all things better, speaking no evil, … Read More