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Greg On Writing
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Greg On Writing features posts on the writing process as well as discussions on writing fiction, poetry, and non-fiction.
- Added on: May 20th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Greg Becerra
- Listed in: Fiction How-To
- Tags: poetry fiction writing short story novel non-fiction
Recent Posts
Writing Mistake #12: Writing Front to Back
Writing front to back might be called the Jack Kerouac or D.H. Lawrence style of writing. Of Kerouac, Truman Capote once remarked that this wasn't writing, it was typing. You probably know the names Kerouac and Lawrence, so that says something there....
How to Write #3: Your First Lie or the Basic Story
Almost 20 years ago I encountered the following in a college literature course: A woman is sitting in her old, shuttered house. She knows that she is alone in the whole world; every other thing is dead. The doorbell ring...
Writing Mistake #11: Can\'t Take Criticism
On a recent episode of Californication (season 3, episode 2, "The Land of Rape and Honey"), Hank Moody (David Duchovny) tells one of his writing students:"Your story was bad. It was terrible, in fact. It's like that lame Twilight bullshit. I have no ...
How to Write #2: Starting with Plot and Types of Tension
We're going to write a story, but we are surprised when we look at the paper and there is nothing on it. That won't do. We need something there. There is some dust, but it isn't doing anything. We can add a character, but it will be as exciting as th...
Writing Mistake #10: Lacking Intimacy
Intimacy in writing is related to the idea of showing rather than telling (see also: Writing Mistake #3: Telling about a Story Rather than Telling a Story). In this case, I'm referring to a specific aspect of showing. Here we are concerned with dista...
Writing Mistake #9: Banking It All on the First Line
Another myth that has afflicted many writers in the false notion that the first sentence of a story must be the best. Variations to this myth extend this to the first paragraph, or the first page, or the first ten pages. The general form is to state ...
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