I have always had a problem with literary geniuses. Or mostly with people being referred to as literary geniuses. At first I thought it was a gender thing. I was annoyed that most “geniuses” were men. Then I thought, you know, maybe the problem isn’t gender, it’s just pure jealousy. I want to be a […]
Category: Writing
How I edit
When I am stuck on a story I go back to the beginning and rewrite the first sentence and try to make it the truest it can be.
Contradictions
I’ve been writing some articles and blogs recently that are a bit, idk, more professional than my usual style. And I realized, to my own disappointment, that I was tending to refer to men by their last names and women by their first names. Find all of your contradictions.
“Time is a Goon”
Recently I read a book that I really really liked: A Visit From the Goon Squad. The characters are dynamic (and many). The story is enthralling. But then, it’s not too hard to find enthralling stories with dynamic characters these days. What Egan does uniquely well in Goon Squad was create a cohesive picture of one person’s life. Egan uses the usual storytelling […]
Anne Foster 