WORDS OF WISDOM

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. 

Lynn Abbey, Author (b. 1948)

WRITE ANYWAY

 

SAME CITY, DIFFERENT STATE

 STERLING- Massachusetts, Virginia

WRITING DIFFERENT GENRES

Though famous authors are known for writing a particular genre, they have written other lesser-known works.

James Baldwin was a novelist, essayist, and playwright. How many people know that he has many collections of poetry? Sylvia Plath wrote short stories besides poetry. Though noted for prose, Herman Melville wrote poetry. Edgar Allan Poe is the inventor of detective fiction. Toni Morrison was a book editor besides being a novelist and essayist.

Writing different genres can stretch the mind and expand one's horizons. I wrote short stories, essays, and commentaries. I took to poetry a decade ago believing my story writing had grown stagnant. Since then, I have written a few plays, horror, haiku, and prose. 

Writing teaches me discipline and structure. I have written short stories since my teen years. When I tried poetry, I was locked in on my thought process. Since then I have written around three hundred poems.

CREATIVITY KNOWS NO BOUNDS

There are many talented and creative people in my neighborhood. Musicians. Actors. Writers. Poets. All ages, races, and backgrounds. Each person has their own particular style which I find fascinating. 

I'm not one to be married to a particular style. I read different styles of writing as it stretches my writing creativity in new directions. Edgar Allan Poe's poem, The Raven, stoked my interest in writing horror stories. 

I'm sure many creative works will come out in spite of COVID19. Creativity will always abound. Perhaps, many artists' horizons were broadened. What it has done for me is to support the arts more. 

WORDS OF WISDOM

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new.

~William Makepeace Thackeray, Novelist (1811-1863)

SAME CITY, DIFFERENT STATE

BOLTON- Alabama, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, Ohio

SYNONYMS

 

WORDS OF WISDOM

The big talent is persistence.

~Octavia E. Butler, Writer (1947-2006)

HAPPENS TO ME

 

INTROVERT'S NEEDS

 

WORDS OF WISDOM

Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his life is written large in his works.

~Virginia Woolf, Author (1882-1941)

LIVING FIRE TO ADVENTURE

 

VIRGINIA WOOLF

I find Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) a compelling author. I read her book Orlando and enjoyed it. I need to read her other books. Though married, I believe Ms. Woolf struggled with gender issues.  I wonder if these struggles contributed to the numerous mental breakdowns she endured in her lifetime.