HEINZ INSU FENKL KNOWS how to fictionalize his life story. His new novel, Skull Water, is his second book that does so. A professor of English at The State University of New York, New … [Read more...] about How to Write From One’s Own Life Story with Heinz Insu Fenkl
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Writing to Entertain, with Author Iris Smyles
THE WRITER AND AUTHOR Iris Smyles knows how to entertain. A recent semi-finalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor, her essays and stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The New … [Read more...] about Writing to Entertain, with Author Iris Smyles
How to Overcome Writers’ Resistance
MY MOTHER POSSESSED dozens of memorable sayings, all of which got stitched into me in more or less productive ways. When I was young enough to be utterly in her thrall, she told me that the world of … [Read more...] about How to Overcome Writers’ Resistance
The Great Art of Rhetoric with Scott Keyser
SCOTT KEYSER KNOWS WRITING. Since 2004, he has trained over five thousand professionals in persuasive writing, including staff of The Economist Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers, a number of international … [Read more...] about The Great Art of Rhetoric with Scott Keyser
Some New Insights on The Memoir Project Algorithm
ONCE YOU'VE WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED hundreds of thousands of words, chances are good that you'll sometimes experience the great delight of someone quoting you back to you. It used to be that the quote … [Read more...] about Some New Insights on The Memoir Project Algorithm
Five Tips For Cultivating – and Loving – Your Writer’s Eye
Recently, while a friend was recounting placing her estranged father in hospice, she mentioned the wind on that day, dropped in the curious and unique history of the town to which he will be moved, as … [Read more...] about Five Tips For Cultivating – and Loving – Your Writer’s Eye
