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Tag Archives: short story
Dear Writer
Of all the advice that the greatest writers have given throughout the years to all of us who want to write perhaps the one that inspires me and that I treasure the most is the letter that John Steinbeck wrote … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, emotions, experience, fiction, inspiration, literature, love, magic, short story, story, words, writer, writing
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Cut Away Everything
Blaise Pascal once wrote: “I’m sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn’t have time to write a short one.” Pascal’s apology is contrary to the common belief that to write longer we need more time. We have … Continue reading
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Tagged editing, fiction, language, literature, note, novel, poetry, short story, story, words, writers, writing
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Set The Ripples Of Imagination
“I believe that any short story can become a novel, and any novel can be converted into a short story or into a poem.” Joyce Carol Oates A short story is not the same as a novel, and the two … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, author, book, books, characters, creative, creative writing, diary, doubt, dreams, emotion, faith, feelings, fiction, happy, ideas, imagination, inspiration, interview, language, library, life, literature, love, memories, novel, poetry, publishing, short story, story, success, thoughts, time, words, work, write, writer, writing
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Stop Look Listen
A story – a tale, a narrative, an account, an anecdote. A short story – a tale, a fable, a novella, a parable. I love to read short stories. My all time favorites are: The Necklace- Guy de Maupassant The … Continue reading
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Tagged Anton Chekhov, art, artist, author, blog, blogger, blogging, book, books, characters, creative, creative writing, doubt, dreams, emotion, feelings, fiction, friends, Guy de Maupassant, ideas, imagination, inspiration, library, life, literature, love, memories, novel, Paris, poetry, publishing, short story, story, thoughts, words, work, write, writer, writing
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A Fine Dark Place
We all at one point in our lives have read books, some more than others. There has always been a story we have been interested in, a character we have liked or even hated and have been unable to forget, … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, author, book, books, bus, character, comfort, dark, drama, e-book, encouragement, era, first, form, future, library, life, love, magazine, magic, mind, mood, novel, people, plot, Ray Bradbury, reading, reason, room, sad, science, short story, story, technology, waiting, words, writer, writing
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Memory Has You
Hemingway once said that “war makes great material for writing.” True. Think of all these great books: A Farewell To Arms, The Sun Also Rises, Platoon, War and Peace, to name only a few. The first time I read some … Continue reading
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Tagged A Farewell To Arms, Amazon, Amazon UK, artists, arts, book, books, civil war, class, cosmopolitan, course, creative writing, dream, Dubai, Ernest Hemingway, experience, For Whom The Bell Tolls, form, girl, high school, history, husband, John Irving, Lebanon, Leo Tolstoy, life, living, memory, Middle East, novel, Platoon, short story, style, University, War and Peace, writer, writing, writing courses, writing workshop
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Rendezvous With William Saroyan
“Well for God’s sake, what’s that lousy Armenian son of a bitch doing here?” stated Ernest Hemingway. The more I tried to hush him, the worse it got. Finally Saroyan’s companion… began to come back at Ernest. I am not … Continue reading
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