Reentering the Imaginative World By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer I had to say “no” the other day. It’s not a word I like to use. It speaks of disappointment and hurt feelings. When I just can’t (or, less often, simply “won’t”) do it, I know I’m letting people down – and […]
Read more "Surrender and Start Again"Rule Breakers and the Grammarians Who Love Them By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer “That’s why I got a Ph.D. in English, precisely so I could avoid the proper use of a comma.” My old boss. Oh, the righteous indignation of the grammarian! Whole books have been written about bad grammar, fueled […]
Read more "Life Is Not A Paragraph"Friendly Advice and Friends in the Know By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer I’m not a great schmoozer – I should admit that up front. And while most people who see me in action – either professionally or socially – find it hard to believe that I am actually quite shy, the […]
Read more "A Writer’s Life You Can Be Proud Of"What you leave out is just as important as what you leave in. By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer I love detail. I bet you already knew that just by skimming a couple of my previous blog posts. I revel in description, and whenever I tell a story – written or verbal […]
Read more "Between A and B"Starting Your Novel: Great Characters (A Special Multi-part report from a Writers Workshop) By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Last week, we talked about structure and its importance to story construction. As part of my ongoing multi-part report from my experiences at different writer’s workshops, today let’s look a little deeper at […]
Read more "Getting to the heart and mystery of your character."Starting Your Novel – Part 1 (A Special Multi-part report from a Writers Workshop) By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer So you want to write a book? Perhaps you’ve already started – and restarted – plenty of times already. Either way, there’s always more to learn when it comes to writing long-form, […]
Read more "“Begin at the beginning,” the King said, very gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop” (Alice in Wonderland)"The stupid, silly world of E-Media (Notes from a Writers Workshop, Part 5) By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer If you’re reading this blog, then chances are you’re part of some larger social media community. I use Twitter and Facebook to reach out to my blog audience, and WordPress also does a lot […]
Read more "Surfers, scientists and the world of new media…"Selling your content, and yourself, to editors and the online audience (Notes from a Writers Workshop, Part 5) By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer (Previous entries in this series here, here here and here) As I’ve said many times, I’m not a big believer in writing to fulfill some dream of fame and fortune. To […]
Read more "Working for the weekend…"Writers, what’s hidden in your own garden of false starts and first drafts?
Read more "Excavation and Treasure Maps"Tips and Tools of the Trade: Notes from the Writer’s Workshop (Part 2) (Please see yesterday’s blog for an explanation and introduction.) From the presentation “Creative Nonfiction” Prior to working as an editor, I was briefly a staff writer for our publishing house – churning 3000 word features on everything from road maintenance safety to heavy […]
Read more "Getting Creative With The Truth"
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