Wrestling does not interest me in the least. I never watch it, unless it’s happening in my family room in which case the wrestlers get kicked out into the backyard. But I have read about wrestling, simply because the writing was so crisp, engaging and entertaining.
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When I first began to write, I wondered how to come up with story ideas. My friend and fellow writer Sue Careless patiently explained that story ideas were “everywhere!” If you walk by a store window and look at the merchandise, she said, there is a story not just about what is for sale, but about who created the display and how they did it.
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I had a conversation recently with a fellow writer about being funny. My friend wants to introduce humour into her writing. She’s someone who often writes about heavy, political topics, that don’t easily lend themselves to hilarity. We don’t often chortle over euthanasia, for example.
If you are a writer and a parent who has ever used a charming – or not so charming – anecdote about your children to start a story, you’ll want to read Phoebe Maltz Bovy’s article “The Ethical Implications of Parents Writing About Their Kids.”
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Writing awards are sweet and sour. Like my mother’s meatballs. Only worse. The first time I entered a piece in a writing contest, I was secretly certain that I would/could/should win. I did not win. And worse, I received judge’s comments in the mail that I hadn’t expected. Hurt heaped on humilation!
