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24 May 2023

Musing on the Relationship Between Word Craft and Fine Art

by Jess Elliott | posted in: Writer's Craft, Writer's Life / Writer's Notebook | 11

“Communication,” an exhibit based on a collaboration between the Writers Alliance of Gainesville (WAG) and the Gainesville Fine Arts Association (GFAA), generated quite a bit of interesting conversation. Authors were either pleased or disappointed by the work created in response to their offerings. Some of the art followed classic, … Read More

10 May 2023

Proverbs and Idioms: Tools for Writers

by Cynthia D. Bertelsen | posted in: Writer's Craft | 1

Birds fascinated my father. I could never quite understand why. Not until he died. My mother dumped his bird-watching books on me. I knew then what the scientist in him saw when he watched birds in their natural habitat: great variety, environmental adaptations, the living proof of Charles Darwin’s theory … Read More

26 Apr 2023

Editing Assistance – 3 Free Online Tools

by Susie H. Baxter | posted in: Editing, Writer's Craft | 4

In the 2000 film, Finding Forrester, Sean Connery played the fictitious author William Forrester, described by the Washington Post as “a cross between Howard Hughes and J.D. Salinger.” In the movie, Forrester supposedly wrote the great American novel Avalon Landing, his first and only book, and one that took the … Read More

12 Apr 2023

Add a Pinch of Humanity to Your Stories, Your Characters, Your Writing …

by Jess Elliott | posted in: Writer's Craft, Writer's Life / Writer's Notebook | 2

Recent feedback to a series of stories I shared on Facebook made me lean back in my chair and have a good mull-over. “I especially enjoy the humanity that comes through your stories….” Oh? I’ve read several commentaries about how over-zealous English professors and critics can imbue a story … Read More

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