by Sandra Smith | Aug 2, 2021 | Advice for writers from writers
What do bananas have to do with a writer’s unreasonable fear of repetition?I am going to be posting some quotes I get from “Advice For Writers” which I find useful and helpful. This one is especially funny since I spent six months in Guatemala and all over Honduras...
by Sandra Smith | Aug 2, 2021 | Advice for writers from writers
“You must get beyond divertissement, sketch, anecdote, the interesting moment. You must get to the mystery of human personality. What is the line of the story that leads us to a point where we see or intuit something we haven’t before?” John L’Heureux I love this...
by Sandra Smith | Aug 2, 2021 | Advice for writers from writers
Many writers wonder what the secret of short-story writing was for all those who have successfully written them.“I’ll give you the sole secret of short-story writing, and here it is: Rule 1. Write stories that please yourself. There is no rule 2. The technical points...