My mind feels a little bit flooded right now, which I guess makes sense. Everything here in North Texas is waterlogged at the moment. We’ve gotten some crazy weather this week, including some scary storms on Tuesday morning that brought a lot of damage to the area. Thankfully, I don’t think anyone was hurt, butContinue reading “When It Rains…”
Tag Archives: The Writing Life
Discovering a New Writing Identity
Legend has it, there are two kinds of writers. The first type is the plotter. The plotter plots out the whole novel before writing it. They draw story arcs, write three-act structures, and create intricate outlines complete with roman numerals, lower-case letters, and proper indenting. They know the beginning, middle, end, and every twist inContinue reading “Discovering a New Writing Identity”
Darkness Follows, Then Laughter Follows After
That’s how my short story, “Darkness Follows,” begins. With a drink and a memory and a knock at the door. I first started this story in 2016 during a Writers’ League of Texas workshop. It was just a page of notes then, but it soon grew into a full story. I titled it “Knocking” andContinue reading “Darkness Follows, Then Laughter Follows After”
Carie Juettner 