A couple of years ago, I shared my 10 Tips for Keeping a Journal, and today I want to elaborate on Tip #3: Think Small. As I said in my previous post, “If you wait until you have ‘good stuff’ to write about, your journal may stay closed for months. The truth is, there’s goodContinue reading “How to Write a Journal Entry When You Have “Nothing” to Write About”
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Book Review: Becoming a Writer
Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande My rating: 4 of 5 stars I often read writing books really slowly. After all, the best writing books make you want to WRITE, which makes them easy to put down. It took me almost a year to finish this little 175-page volume by Dorothea Brande, but I’m gladContinue reading “Book Review: Becoming a Writer”
Nowhere and Everywhere
I used to wonder where writers got their ideas. I read Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine and tried to imagine where he came up with the story of Bill Forrester and Helen Loomis and the dish of lime-vanilla ice. I read To Kill a Mockingbird and speculated about the character of Boo Radley. Where in HarperContinue reading “Nowhere and Everywhere”
Carie Juettner 