As many of you know, Story Is a State of Mind began fifteen years ago in Sarah’s living room when a small group of writers gathered to cultivate and develop their craft and writing process. It was a space where writers invited creativity with respect, curiosity, and love. Since that time, Story is a State… [Read More]
Know What You’re Reading
Winter Writing Assignment 5 Click through for Assignment 1, Assignment 2, Assignment 3, Assignment 4, and Assignment 6 “The body of literature, with its limits and edges, exists outside some people and inside others. Only after the writer lets literature shape her can she perhaps shape literature. In working-class France, when an apprentice… [Read More]
Questions about The Story Intensive?
People have been asking me to offer a winter Story Intensive for years. This year, we can finally do it! Is 2016 your year? There’s really no better way to start writing than to start writing. I don’t say that to put pressure on you; I say it in the hopes that it… [Read More]
Love Your Sentences
Winter Writing Assignment 4 Click through for Assignment 1, Assignment 2, Assignment 3, Assignment 5, and Assignment 6 “The well-made sentence transcends time and genre. A beautiful sentence is a beautiful sentence, regardless of when it was written, or whether it appears in a play or a magazine article. … To talk to… [Read More]
Copy Carefully
Winter Writing Assignment 3 Click through for Assignment 1, Assignment 2, Assignment 4, Assignment 5, and Assignment 6 “As I started to write myself, I began to read stories differently, harder. Margins were marked with comments, and memorable passages were underlined, then copied down. I wanted to sense what it must have been like… [Read More]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- …
- 41
- Next Page »