“Pirates, Ninja, and Dragons–All the things that make a movie good.”
May have a guest blog today…we’ll see if it comes. Until then, the above quote about Pirates and Dragons comes from 7 year old Juss. So…what do you think makes a movie good?
Wright’s Writing Corner: Guest Blog–On Endings
Today we have a treat, a guest blog from fellow writer Joshua Young. I liked his ideas about the endings of stories so much, I thought that you all might enjoy them, too. ———————————————————- Back a few million years ago, when we chipped all of our tools out of flint and all of our computers had dial…
Guest Blog at a friend’s blog
I wrote a guest blog for a friend. It’s on Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass. You can read it here. Here’s the begining: My favorite book on how to write is Writing the Breakout Novel, by Donald Maass. Before encountering it, I was a non-believer. Writing books did nothing for me. Most seemed…
ANGELOLOGY Ascends Toward the Heavens, But Falls, Crashing
I have discovered something. I really like books with hope in them. Books with a glimpse of hope shining through the grimy darkness. I will read a whole book because of just a little promise of hope. Really makes me sad when that promise is betrayed. Tuesday Night, I was in Barnes and Nobles…
Wright’s Writing Corner: Pretty In Pink
Seemed like a nice picture for this subject.Click on picture for info on book.Includes essay by me. I am taking an online writing course this month with Writing Instructor Extraordinaire Margie Lawson. When she is not writing/teaching, Margie Lawson is a psychologist who works as a therapist, so she really gets to see people…
Overheard at the Wright Household
Usually Overheard at the Wright Househould stars one of the two tornadoes (one of whom is growing into a lovely summer day.) But today, the Cherubim gets his turn. So, yesterday evening, when the Cherubim got out of the bath, instead of getting dressed, he skipped around naked for a while (luckily his sister was downstairs doing…
Publishing Your First Book Survey Results
There may be a guest blog today. I’m waiting to find out. In the meantime, here is something fascinating. A fellow writer did a survey about first books and how they came to be published. It is of interest to anyone hoping to publish a book. You can see it here: Jim C. Hine’s First Book Survey…
How cool!
A friend wrote: Did any of you happen to watch the TV show, Jeopardy, last night? The final question was, "Who wrote, ‘Jesus of Nazareth was the most scientific man who ever trod the globe’"? And – two of the three finalists knew the answer! I must say, I am AMAZED that two contestants out of three knew the…
Twenty For Prayer: March
It has been some time since I posted my regular monthly Twenty For Prayer posting. (Took a six month China break.) Here’s the next one. As before, what is under the cut has no literary value. Only follow the link if you are interested in joining us in prayer this month. Cheers, Jagi …
In Defense of the Heming Way: A Look At Some Virtues Of The Other Side.
After complaining about the modern adverbless, strictly action style of writing (aptly dubbed the Heming Way by mosellegreen), I feel I should say a few words in its favor. First, in case anyone has missed the previous two posts: What do I mean by the Heming Way? Writing like Hemingway? Only using…