Category Archives: Writer's Circle
All types of business owners face the challenge of optimizing their strengths. A Baker who wants to own a bakery may spend his days managing employees, balancing the books or meeting with suppliers. A shopping enthusiast who owns a store, may find themselves receiving shipments or planning seasonal inventories. If you are a baker, shopper [...]
“The soul knows all things, and knowledge is only a remembering.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Far down in the silent depths of sub consciousness lie myriads of truths, each awaiting a time when its owner shall call it forth. To utilize these stored-up thoughts, you must express them to others; and to be able to express [...]
A detective story is a type of mystery which has a character, whether a professional investigator or amateur, who solves a mystery. When you decide to write a detective story, consider the setting, character, the mystery (conflict), clues which will lead to a satisfying climax and conclusion. I think detective stories, more than any other [...]
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I do not claim that I can tell a story as it ought to be told. I only claim to know how a story ought to be told, for I have been almost daily in the company of the most expert story-tellers for many years.
There are several kinds of stories, but only one difficult [...]
Style is the manner in which one expresses himself. Styles differ as men differ. But there are some cardinal qualities that all good style must possess.
Perspicuity is opposed to obscurity of all kinds; it means clearness of expression. It demands that the thought in the sentence shall be plainly seen through the words of the [...]
“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
Most of my ideas come from the world around me. To write I have to be in the world to interact, observe and imagine. I find inspiration in everyday events, an overheard conversation, a visit to [...]
I’ve found that the best way to generate story ideas is to observe the world. I capture my observations and thoughts in a notebook. Once I write them down, I’m able to free my imagination in search of more ideas. I watch people interact, I pose “What If” questions and I change the familiar.
Ideas are [...]
Language which we never learn from a book of any kind is the language that we come by naturally, and use without thinking of it. It is a universal language, and consequently needs no interpreter. People of all lands and of all degrees of culture use it.
This Natural language is the language of cries, laughter, [...]
I dreamed of seeing my name on the spines of thick hardbacks. I imagined browsing the aisles of Barnes and Noble and finding my books neatly arranged on the shelves. For me, this is what it meant to be a writer - to be published and publicly recognized. Over the years, my definition of a [...]
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