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by Gina Perry
I am a long-time Storystorm participant. I love finding new ideas! What I don’t love is the stuck point. You know what I’m talking about. When you love your character, but you lack a plot. Or when you have a great story arc, but something about the voice isn’t working out. Or, when you know it’s a good idea, and you have catchy r...
by Marcie Colleen
Lately I have been reading and studying the poetry of Mary Oliver. Slowly. Intentionally. Not to rush through it or “get” something from it, but to sit with her language and the way she notices the world.
Reading her work has made me think a lot about attention—about what we choose to notice, and what we allow ourselve...
by Michael Leali
Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by inspiration. Story ideas come to me on a weekly and, not infrequently, daily basis. An observation at the bookstore, a snippet of overheard conversation, the image of a young child chasing her dog. Everywhere we go there are seeds that can grow into something more.
I have more story ideas...
by Ariel Bernstein
One of my favorite parts of the writing process is wondering which line will lead my friend and critique partner, the author Ali Bovis, to comment that a character is ‘a piece of work.’ She doesn’t quite mean it in the same way as Merriam-Webster’s definition of ‘a complicated, difficult, or eccentric person.’ She mean...
