The wrong side of history
Reading Time: < 1 minute Writers often have to decide which is more important: literal accuracy or historical truth. Screenwriter Tony Kushner said he had his reasons.
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Howard Fielding’s thoughts and updates on the craft of writing and the life of a new-found freelance.
Those pesky personal pronouns
Reading Time: < 1 minute The simplest solution to avoid the whole pronoun identity problem is to avoid the third person singular entirely. Each person has a name. Use it.
Read More Those pesky personal pronounsWeek in Review: Week 4
Reading Time: < 1 minute I took some time off this week to work on other projects. They weren’t all creative; I’m working on some reports and major projects for a nonprofit group.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes So far, January has been the busiest month ever for this blog. Can I keep up the pace? Or should I spend the next week working on bigger projects?
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Reading Time: 2 minutes At the end of my second week of “Living Here Together,” a look back at what I’ve learned and where we can go from here.
Read More Week in Review: Week 2Week in Review: Week 1
Reading Time: < 1 minute A look back at the first week of “Living Here Together” and where we can expect to go together from here.
Read More Week in Review: Week 1‘Living Here’ — Letting go
Reading Time: 2 minutes Whatever happened to my promised “Living Here” collection? I try to explain. Meanwhile, I’m moving on to other projects, starting with a remake of this blog.
Read More ‘Living Here’ — Letting go‘Houdini and Spiritualism’
Reading Time: 4 minutes – REVIEW – The book’s most diverting chapter is a bit of fiction. In “The Adventure of the Empty Chair,” Sherlock Holmes unveils a secret of Spiritualism and foils a demonic plot.
Read More ‘Houdini and Spiritualism’‘Margery’ character studies
Reading Time: 5 minutes -WRITING LIFE- Creating a cast for a one-act play about the medium who baffled Houdini seemed simple–until research showed there was more to the story.
Read More ‘Margery’ character studiesThe curtain rises on a play
Reading Time: 4 minutes — WRITING LIFE — Wanting to trod the boards with playwright Henry Fielding, I take my story about Houdini and Margery to my first playwriting class.
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