http://fictionwriting.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Fiction Writing GuideSite. http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hi http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2009-07-01T15:25:53Z Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:25:53 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/07/02/improve-your-descriptions-through-observation.htm Some of you may remember a blog post in April responding to a question from Jason, an Iraq War veteran who was working on his descriptions. The post inspired a... http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/07/02/improve-your-descriptions-through-observation.htm Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:51:08 +0000 2009-07-02T15:51:08Z http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/07/01/happy-canada-day.htm Happy birthday, Canada, and thanks for giving us Margaret Atwood, Anne Carson, Robertson Davies, Alix Ohlin, Michael Ondaatje, Heather O'Neill, David Wevill . . . who else am I... http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/07/01/happy-canada-day.htm Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:25:53 +0000 2009-07-01T15:25:53Z http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/07/01/you-gotta-have-faith.htm A playwright friend of mine recently had a breakout play after years of living on nothing (at one point he even moved back home with his mom). He didn't come... http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/07/01/you-gotta-have-faith.htm Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:00:00 +0000 2009-07-01T09:00:00Z http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/06/30/my-sisters-keeper-movie.htm So I have two questions in light of a recent Washington Post article. First, and most fun, what did fans think of the new Jodi Picoult movie, which took in... http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/06/30/my-sisters-keeper-movie.htm Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:25:31 +0000 2009-06-30T10:25:31Z http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/06/29/wordle-word-clouds.htm I discovered Wordle on a recent blog carnival: it generates word clouds, or collages, using text you enter. (The program chooses words based on frequency; the most frequently used words... http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/06/29/wordle-word-clouds.htm Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:59:28 +0000 2009-06-29T13:59:28Z http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/06/26/hands-a-creative-writing-exercise-in-5-steps.htm When I've used this creative writing exercise in a class, it's consistently resulted in interesting work. You'll begin the exercise by thinking of someone for whom you have strong feelings,... http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/06/26/hands-a-creative-writing-exercise-in-5-steps.htm Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:48:05 +0000 2009-06-26T09:48:05Z http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/06/23/whats-your-favorite-avi-book.htm I recently read Avi for the first time, mostly to find out what this one-named author was all about. I was stunned to learn how many books he's written, and... http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/06/23/whats-your-favorite-avi-book.htm Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:19:53 +0000 2009-06-23T15:19:53Z http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/06/19/last-minute-contest-announcements.htm We received very last-minute notice of a few contests for June and July, and wanted to pass on the news, for those in full contest mode. For June (I... http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/06/19/last-minute-contest-announcements.htm Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:44:08 +0000 2009-06-19T13:44:08Z http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/06/17/snark-and-the-writing-workshop.htm This week a reader named Siobhan wrote with a question and asked that I post it in the blog. So here goes: "After a long period of just writing and... http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/06/17/snark-and-the-writing-workshop.htm Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:24:16 +0000 2009-06-17T13:24:16Z http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/06/15/literary-travel.htm If you're traveling this summer, do a little research and give your trip a literary edge. Cities like London easily lend themselves to a literary walking tour, for instance (those... http://fictionwriting.about.com/b/2009/06/15/literary-travel.htm Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:52:50 +0000 2009-06-15T09:52:50Z