Jun

1

PCQuills: letting go

June 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-writing, exercise-] Writing takes activity. You have to write the words down on the page. Everyone knows that. But what’s going on inside as you make that effort to put a story together? Think about the issue of control and how it does or doesn’t work for you. We tend to think of energy, activity, [...]

Mar

29

Necessary Things

March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-writing fiction-] by contributor, Russ Kremer In Elements of Style we’re warned that unnecessary words are as useless as extra parts on a machine. While food processors come with a multitude of dubious attachments and socket sets contain sizes we mostly lose and never miss, remote controls don’t have buttons that don’t work and the [...]

Feb

11

PCQuills – a writing exercise

February 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-exercise, writing-] If you’re having trouble getting started in fiction or need a helpful exercise, try this: ONE TRUE MEMORY/TWO LIES Choose one real childhood memory. Make up a lie that relates to that true incident. If you think of them as lies instead of ‘using your imagination’ it won’t throw you into a creative [...]