My first interaction with a writer on Twitter took place over two years ago. I had just finished reading Last Night in Montreal (Emily St. John Mandel‘s first novel) and loved it so much that I raved about it through my Twitter account (@CarrieMumford). Much to my surprise, Emily responded. This interaction convinced…
“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away” – Eudora Welty Lately I’ve been trying a new (well, new to me) trick to get myself writing: photos. I got this idea from a creative writing textbook (Janet Burroway’s Imaginative Writing), but a quick Google search has shown me that…
This week’s posts are a mishmash of random articles that I found really helpful, interesting, or terrifying. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did! Favorite Posts of the Week: 1. The Secret to Creative Success: Ignore Everybody (Melody Godfred): In this post Melody writes about the advice…
You may already be familiar with Morning Pages, one of the writing tools prescribed by Julia Cameron in her now famous book, The Artist’s Way. For those who haven’t heard of them, Morning Pages are simply: “…three pages of longhand writing, strictly stream of consciousness” (from Julia Cameron’s ‘Basic Tools’ found here). You write these…
This week marks the first class of my latest writing course at the local college: Creative Writing 102. Eeeek. I took my first creative writing course this January after about 5 years of signing up for courses, and then finding a lame reason to drop them before they started. Taking…