Patty Schuyler
I enjoyed reading the posts here and the site is visually appealing and easy to navigate. Good job. :)
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Creative Writing Corner
http://www.blairhurley.com
With weekly writing exercises, inspirational photos and poems, and daily thoughts on the writing life, Creative Writing Corner is for the writer in all of us.
- Added on: Aug 22nd, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Cynthia Hurley
- Listed in: Writing Books
- Tags: books inspiration fiction writing creative writing writing process
Recent Posts
Mailbag: Short Stories vs. Novels
I'm happy to see a flood of comments and activity around the Corner these days! Thanks to a little help from Yahoo and other sources, a bunch of folks are seeing Creative Writing Corner for the first time. I welcome comments and I'm pledging to do ...
From the Archives
It's time for your regular tour through the archives. Take a look at a few posts from roughly one year ago: Editing Triumph Is Plot or Character More Important? What's Your Inspiration? 5 Ways to Get Inspired Push Your Reader, But DOn't Push Him...
How Much Realism is Too Much?
In class last week, my professor was discussing the work of a few contemporary writers such as Zadie Smith and David Foster Wallace, and explaining how some critics have accused them of overdoing realism. You may wonder if that's possible. If you s...
Why Short Stories Aren\'t Novels
Why Short Stories Aren't Mini-Novels I spend a lot of time here at the Corner writing about short stories. I talk about how to shape them, how to hone them, how to edit them, and how to think about ideas and plots in terms of short stories. But ma...
Know Your Ending, But Don\'t Stick to It
Without purpose, your story will wind in one direction and then another. A story is never more compelling than when it has direction and purpose, when it seems to be heading toward an inevitable clash or a certain doom. That sense of urgen...
How to Use Your Own Local Color
A term my professor has been using in class a lot lately is "local color." He began pointing it out when we were reading Jhumpa Lahiri's masterful short story collection Interpreter of Maladies. Often in those stories, we're treated to touches of B...
Comments & Reviews
This blog is currently rated a 4.63 out of a possible 5 based on 19 comments.
Orkun Balkancı
Your blog pumps creative juice into my brain!
abbelhak meftah
Hi I really find what you're saying important to link to it. nice blog.I'm writing a story at the moment and I'd like your opinion. Do you think the story should stop here or write on. good blogging.
alisana
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How can a simple traveler contribute to a positive change in a world that we live in?
Can we all enhance our consciousness and stop the prejudice towards people that we consider different?
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Nixy Valentine
Great blog... will be back!
herocious
Insightful blog, Blair. I like your dream of having a book on the shelf of Shakespeare and Co. You have any novels in progress?
darkspark
very useful tips for the budding writer. many prompts and activities that are guaranteed to get those creative juices churning.
crelango
very good and much informative tips and guidance for people wish to take up writing online keep going long distance
Page Smith
Insightful and honest about what it's really like to be a writer. Keep up the good work!
Obaid Malik
That comment posted by Rebecca is really helpful, referring to the link you outlined. Thanks a lot Rebecca.
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Dutch
Hello,
Samuel Shem, author of "House of God," has written his latest novel, "The Spirit of the Place." It's available now and is considered Mr. Shem's most ambitious work.
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leavesofgrace
You seem like a very difficult writer to please--which I like! To be a good writer, one must be very critical of himself from the first to the last word on any piece. Your tips are very helpful. Thank you . . .
thefly
I was reading through your blog and found your short story Bardo. I really enjoyed it, I particularly liked Jack. He's funny and cruel at the same time, I enjoyed his dialogue and wished for more of it. I found him to be very interesting and the only person changing throughout the story. Ellen seems to be the same person throughout the story as she searches for her calm, for her center in life; while Jack goes from brotherly drunk to cruel drunk to remorseful brother. Jules, Dan and Chokyi have depth but only add to Ellen and not themselves. I almost want to interpret the ending as Ellen having the courage and confidence to leave the bardo, to detach herself from her previous self but that would be too obvious. Rather, I see it as her not having the courage to cut those ties as she can't detach from her brother and obviously still has feelings for Jules. Anyway, I got a lot out of your story as you can see but I'll end my comment here.
LenX
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LenX
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BT Cassidy
It's fascinating to read of another authors struggles and ideas to promote and propagate better writing. Thank you for your inspiration, and insight. you've a talent for communicating and cast a broad net over the waters of the writerly pond. Cheers.
Rebecca
Hi,
Have you ever considered doing author interviews. I work promoting authors by virtual book You can do a Q&A post with the author, a book excerpt or a host of other things. The company I am with Pump Up Your Book Promotion has a lot of other incentives for blog hosts. You can check them out here, http://www.pumpupyourbookpromotion.com and my writing site Chitchat and all That; http://rebecca2007.wordpress.com Look forward to speaking with you.
Wonderful medley of exercises, musings, and inspiration for writers. This blog seems to have a great balance, and I'll be sure to keep a close eye on it.
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