Category Archives: Writing
A Reminder for Introverted Writers
I’m calling this a “reminder” instead of “advice” because most introverts already know about what I’m going to address here. But the everyday realities of being introverted can at times cloud that realization, and make us reluctant to accept it. This post serves just as much as a reminder to myself as to anyone else. …
Fuel for Writing: Stealing the Hat.
Most writers have heard the old formula when it comes to fiction. Put your character up a tree, throw a bunch of rocks at him, and then get him out of the tree. How succinct and clever. And void of creativity. All right, I know I am not being totally fair. The message behind this metaphor is …
How Sprout Gets It Right, and How Writers Can Too.
I don’t watch Sprout much. (Surprise.) Until this weekend it was just something I would pass through while channel surfing, stopping on it for a minute or two on occasion due to the oddness of the visual. Yet my sister and her daughter (my niece, of course) spent this weekend here. My niece is nine months old …
Pet Peeves.
Scintilla Day 10: Pet peeves. We’ve all got ’em. What are yours? Write about a time when you experienced one so vividly that we all join your army of defiance. I’ll just say to start off that the whole “army of defiance” thing may be a bit much. Plus, there have been no particular incidents of …
The Days of Change and Promise.
Scintilla Bonus Prompt: What is it that you’re sure you’ll never forget about being this age? We all have epochs and eras in our lives. Despite the fact that on some fundamental level I have felt the same at every age, (weird, I know) I am no exception to this tendency. And I am in …
Ty Unglebower 