Would it be too late to completely re-write Bottom of the Garden? That's a stupid question, I know. How could it be too late to re-write a story I haven't even finished writing? But here's my thinking (warning: if you know nothing about the plot of this story, none of this is going to make any… Continue reading Rethinking Stories
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Apologies
Today I have three orders of business: 1) I suck. As you may have noticed, there was no post on Friday. I wish I could say that I have a good excuse for that, but I don't. My excuse is that I forgot it was Friday. I told you it wasn't a good one. I… Continue reading Apologies
Brace for Impact
Today, while I was studiously putting off the critiques I have to write for tomorrow, I came across this video on TED talks. It's a short presentation given by Ric Elias, who was a passenger on the plane that went down on the Hudson river back at the beginning of 2009. His presentation is about… Continue reading Brace for Impact
Aladdin (part 2)
Happy memorial day weekend, everybody! Aren't 3 day weekends the greatest invention of all time? I mean, they're also a satanic tool used to trick you into thinking you'll have enough time to finish your projects over the weekend, because you'll have a whole extra day to work on them, even though you're still going… Continue reading Aladdin (part 2)
Exercises
In my novel class last week, my teacher, the esteemed Professor Bosworth, gave us a worksheet written by John Gardner, an American novelist best known for his writing how-to guide On Moral Fiction, which basically pissed a lot of people off. The worksheet we read features 26 writing exercises, and it has a lengthy introduction… Continue reading Exercises
M.M. Jordahl 