What do readers want in a story? This is a question that I suppose every writer who has ever written a single word has struggled with. It also probably has as many answers as there are readers. Writing gurus…
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WHAT DO READERS WANT?
Posted in Chat Tagged with: Blake Snyder, Bob Mayer, Daniel Silva, J. K. Rowling, James Scott Bell, Malcolm Gladwell, Marisha Pessl, Michael McGarrity, Robert Galbraith
REMEMBERING THE PAST
General Jefferson C. Davis, staff and the Fourteenth Corps passing on Pennsylvania Avenue near the Treasury. This Corps was the last unit to pass by the viewing stand. W. D. Hall, my husband’s great grandfather, is somewhere in this…
Posted in Chat Tagged with: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Fourteenth Corps, George Santayana, Jefferson C. Davis, Review of Troops, War between the States, War of the Rebellion, Washington DC
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
I have spelled my name at least nine million three hundred thousand seven hundred and eighty three times in my lifetime. My first name, Danelle, proves difficult for many people. They want to put an “i” in it and turn…
“Desiderata”
I realize I’m dating myself by referring to Paul Harvey and his radio program, “The Rest of the Story.” But it is nearly Easter, a time to reflect on life and its meaning as well as to search for Easter…
Posted in Chat Tagged with: " Max Ehrmann, "Desiderata, Easter, Golden Rule, Joan Crawford, Leonard Nemoy, Les Crane, Morgan Freeman, Paul Harvey, religion
GREEN DAYS
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, let me tell you about Green Days from a writer’s point of view. No, we’re not discussing the history of Saint Patrick or Ireland or the migration of the Irish to the United States…
Posted in Chat Tagged with: computer conversations, flash writing, Green Days, Ireland, Jim Qwilleran, Lilian Jackson Braun, St. Patrick, writer's block
