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Writing

What’s the Use?

My husband twisted up to turn out the light. He pulled the covers around his shoulders, folded the hem of the sheet over the comforter,…

JudyOctober 29, 2010

Journal Writing

Your Notebook: The Key to Beginning Your Novel or Memoir

Do you want to write a novel or memoir, but don’t have any earthly idea how to begin? Don’t know what the plot of your…

JudySeptember 28, 2010

Memoir Novel Writing

How Much Do You Need to Know Before You Begin?

You’d be appalled at how little I knew each time I started a book. After my second collection of poetry was published, I began to…

JudyAugust 19, 2010

Writing

Learning to Live with Failure

When I started writing, my goal was to have a poem published in Southern Poetry Review. I sent them batch after batch. Each time, the…

JudyJuly 27, 2010

Memoir Writing

When You Write Personal Essays or Memoir, Go Deeper. And Then Go Deeper.

We all know people who are really good conversationalists. They not only ask you about yourself; they ask follow-up questions. They’re never just being polite;…

JudyJune 11, 2010

Novel Writing

My Version of Doing Research For a Novel

"I’d like to go to Denmark next week,” I said to my husband. “I’ve never been there.” “I’m sure there are a lot of places…

JudyMay 18, 2010

Novel Writing

What’s a Plot?

Because I came to fiction by way of poetry, the idea of plot terrified me. I’d never had to worry about the and then thing. …

JudyApril 21, 2010

Writing

Flash! Crucial Advice for Writers!

The most important thing I have to tell you can be put into two words: Show up. That’s what separates the real writer from the…

JudyMarch 13, 2010

Writing

The Two Traits You Need To Be an Author

“Writing is like driving at night with the headlights on. You can only see two feet ahead of you, but that’s OK. You can make…

JudyFebruary 2, 2010