A piano with built-in toolboxes for sewing and putting on make-up. Andreas Landschütz, 1820. MAKK museum in Cologne. © Laurel Decher, 2017. Last week I
Feedback on your writing craft can be so useful. Unless you can’t figure out what your readers are talking about. If you’re a writer who keeps getting comments about adding emotion to your story, this post (and the one connected to it) are for you. How to handle feedback that says: “I like it, but I’m not loving it”.
Joanna Penn is so smiley and enthusiastic and knowledgeable that she always gets me inspired. This webinar was no different. Got a sudden insight from
This year, my husband gave me a Page-a-Day calendar to learn Italian. Today’s page was a dialogue between two men at a bus stop, getting
A year ago, I wrote about our “rastafarian” Joseph and the challenges of writing about other people’s cultures: Skin-colored Felt: Doing other people’s cultures wrong.
A blank EtchASketch makes it pretty clear that I’ll be doodling around in squares because the drawing dot only moves in four directions, each at
This is the seventh (and final!) post in a short series on preparing for (and thriving during) National Novel Writing Month. The first post collects
This is the sixth post in a short series on preparing for (and thriving during) National Novel Writing Month. The first post collects story ingredients
This is the fifth post in a short series on preparing for (and thriving during) National Novel Writing Month. The first post collects story ingredients
This is the fourth post in a short series on preparing for (and thriving during) National Novel Writing Month. You can find the first post
If you can’t see which way your story is pointing, maybe you need some building blocks. Byzantine brick paving. Ravenna, Italy. © Laurel Decher, 2016.
Here’s the second post in a short series on preparing for National Novel Writing Month. You can find the first post here. Mom always said
