If you crossed Patti Smith (shaman rock ‘n roller, poet, writer) with Vladimir Nabokov (in his lecturer guise) with Steven Wright (deadpan comic famous for his one liners) you’d have something sort of close to Mary Ruefle. Well, not really. But if you’re a writer, this book’s for you. And judging by the number of […]
Posts Tagged ‘writing’
Quiddity
Saturday, March 16th, 2013From a dark, cavernous place
Tuesday, August 14th, 2012This is lovely stuff. A fine piece by Verlyn Klinkenborg of the New York Times, published on August 13, 2012, from the always entertaining Draft, a series about the art and craft of writing. It’s all in your head. Where do sentences come from? by Verlyn Klinkenborg Sift the debris of a young writer’s education, […]
Vonnegut’s shapes of stories
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010Somewhere, Kurt Vonnegut wrote that writers should begin a story, any story, novel, whatever, as close as possible to the end. At least, I think he said that. Did I dream that? Anyway, great advice. And here’s a fine little chalk talk by Mr. Vonnegut. He’s talking about the simple shapes of stories. Entertaining and […]
