I'm changing my setting. The story plods along and doesn't have enought
conflict.
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"[T]here's a certain grain of stupidity that the writer of fiction can hardly do without, and this is the quality of having to stare, of not getting the point at once. The longer you look at one object, the more of the world you see in it..."
Blowing your mind one sentence at a time
And now a word from Professor Obvious...
Books We're Reading
- Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
- Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger
- The Dog of the Marriage by Amy Hempel
- Cowboys Are My Weakness by Pam Houston
- How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer
- Pastoralia by George Saunders
- Tooth and Claw by T.C. Boyle
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
- WHAT ELSE? Remind me what you're reading in your next blog entry...
Flannery says:
"[T]here's a certain grain of stupidity that the writer of fiction can hardly do without, and this is the quality of having to stare, of not getting the point at once. The longer you look at one object, the more of the world you see in it..."
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- didn't write. Ate a burger instead.
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- Are we supposed to keep blogging?
- Enjoyed the stories
- I am finally done! I know, one hour before class.....
- Yesterday I got five pages. Today I got three and...
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- I'm done except for one scene for which I have fou...
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- Side effects may cause depression and or anxiety.
- Day 11
- Finished! Kinda...
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- florida
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- Day 10
- Here is my question
- friday
- O's Massacre
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- Ok I have another question to ask everybody - one ...
- Ok, I'm working on a flash back and am unsure if I...
- Not enough time!
- I finally like my story
- 311 ROCKS
- thursday
- Oh Dear...
- Possible Lunch?
- And just for the record...
- conflict
- book
- Day 8
- Sorry I didn't come to class. I did, however, spe...
- Attempt 2
- Must it be so difficult?
- The Revamp
- Readings
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- Amy Hempel's "The Dog of the Marriage"
- Wednesday
- Day 7
- Just maybe...
- Getting somewhere.
- Continuing....
- hard work
- A Slight Stall
- Frustration
- Story
- almost forgot to blog tonight
- Tuesday
- Here's another one
- Completing my story....
- Writing goal met...
- From the Beginning
- Day 6
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- Conflict Finally!
- monday
- Monday
- Another entry
- Day 5
- Got about 45 minutes of writing done tonight. It w...
- There and Back Again.
- Writing 5 pages
- Indecision
- Joys of Handwriting
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