Revenge is a dish /
best served cold. May God serve yours /
on a plate of love.
Haiku to you Thursday: “Cold love”
Revenge is a dish /
best served cold. May God serve yours /
on a plate of love.
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Writing tip Wednesday: “Who are you?”
On Saturday, February 1, 2014, I took a workshop sponsored by the Knoxville Writers’ Guild (www.knoxvillewritersguild.org) and led by nationally published author Pamela Schoenewaldt (www.PamelaSchoenewaldt.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pamela-Schoenewaldt/158580547517755?ref=tn_tnmn).
The workshop was on character development. What you have below is one of the three handout exercises from the workshop. I will be posting the others over time. Each handout can be done in ten minutes or less, and oftentimes not pondering too long is best. The first exercise is called “Who are you?” The you refers to the character. This worksheet can be used for the both the protagonist and antagonist of the story or novel you are working on, or just about any character you want to use it on. It might even be helpful if writing a memoir or biography.
WHO ARE YOU?
Your name is . . .
Your age is . . .
I can see that you are . . . (location)
And you’re looking at . . .
And you’re feeling . . . .
Your great strength is . . . .
Your fear or weakness is . . . .
It’s too bad that . . . .
You’d really laugh if . . . .
Most people don’t know that you . . .
Very soon you must . . . .
The challenge will be . . . .
You will get strength from . . . .
Looking in your eyes, I know that . . .
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cARtOONSDAY: “tHE hOLE sTORY”
Some holes are harder to dig out of than others.
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Monday (morning) writing joke: “Hair Raising”
Finn McCool, the Irish writer, was out drinking to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, when he decided, at the first ribbon of morning light, to return home. He stumbled into the kitchen to find his dog sitting at his chair, eating his morning meal. He cursed the dog and tried shoving him off the chair, to which the dog muttered something, bit him on the arm, and left.
The next day, his arm was so swollen and painful, he couldn’t write, so the Irish writer decided to go drinking again to deaden the pain. The next morning, he stumbled home, his arm throbbing and found a hare sitting at his place eating his breakfast.
“Who are you,” the writer bellowed, weaving his way toward the table. “Who the hell are you?”
The hare ignored him.
The writer drew closer. I said, “Who the hell are you?!”
This time the hare looked at him, dabbed a napkin at his split upper lip and said, “If you must know, I am the hare of the hound that bit you.”
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Stephen King announces new novel: “Revival”
Source: http://www.stephenking.com/index.html
Revival
Release Date: November 11th, 2014
Revival cover
In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls feel the same about Reverend Jacobs—including Jamie’s mother and beloved sister, Claire. With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond based on a secret obsession. When tragedy strikes the Jacobs family, this charismatic preacher curses God, mocks all religious belief, and is banished from the shocked town.
Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from the age of 13, he plays in bands across the country, living the nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll while fleeing from his family’s horrific loss. In his mid-thirties—addicted to heroin, stranded, desperate—Jamie meets Charles Jacobs again, with profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil’s devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings.
This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It’s a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Frank Norris, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe.
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Vonnegut responds: “experience becoming”
Eight years ago, students at my high school wrote to their favorite authors asking them to visit. Kurt Vonnegut was the only one who responded, writing this beautiful and humorous letter.
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Haiku to you Thursday: “crumbles”
birthday cake crumbles /
in front of tomorrow’s wind /
wicks, words, wrappings slump
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Writing tip Wednesday: “Artist”
What it takes to be the best.
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Monday morning writing joke: “Dog gone.”
Writers and leaves.
Last night I walked into a bar, followed by a dog.
“Hey,” the bartender barks out, “we don’t serve your kind.”
I pointed to the dog and said, “He’s not with me.”
The bartender stared at me. “I ain’t talking about him.”
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