Craft Category
Don’t Get Trapped in the Blogmire
Posted on June 28, 2012 2 Comments
I’ve only been writing this blog for about five weeks now, give or take a few days. And in that time, I’ve noticed something a little disconcerting. People — by that, I mean “writers” — are spending too much time writing blog posts or reading other blogs — so much time that it’s distracting them […]
Fiction Is About the Unspeakable
Posted on June 15, 2012 4 Comments
I read a wonderful essay posted to Glimmertrain’s bulletin that I wanted to share with you. It’s called “All of Old. Nothing Else Ever. Ever Tried. Ever Failed,” by the writer, Silas Dent Zobal. I think it nicely gets to the heart of what writers try to do, and that is, they try to write about […]
Books on Craft
Posted on June 7, 2012 3 Comments
I just added a new page to my blog devoted entirely to books on craft. It’s a tab at the top of the page right beside “About,” or you can access it here. Please send me a comment if you’d like me to add a writing craft book to this list. Thanks!
Tracy Staedter 