Mar 31, 2022
This week on the Story Works Round Table, Alida and Kathryn dig into the writer's mindset. When we're facing challenges of motivation, inspiration, or just plain old scheduling, what can we do to get out of the rut and get back to what matters, what matters to us, that is? Sometimes the hardest thing to accept and act...
Mar 24, 2022
This week on the Story Works Round Table, Alida, Kathryn, & Robert discuss theme. This episode will be linked in the show notes to all other episodes related to theme, so if you're interested in the topic, you'll be able to quickly access the theme catalog in our library.
Kathryn and Alida think about theme a lot and...
Mar 17, 2022
This week, Alida and Kathryn talk about emotions. A critical element of any story, it's not always obvious why or when we need them. Even trickier is how to put a feeling into words that translate beyond meaning, that actually make the reader feel what the character is feeling or something more. Crafting words on...
Mar 10, 2022
This week, Alida and Kathryn go deeper into the subject of
writing time, specifically how to handle chronology in narrative.
We have three very short examples that illustrate different methods
of structuring your narrative to move the story and reader through
time.
Francisco holds us in the present, with her as she...
Mar 3, 2022
On today's Story Works Reading Series, Selene Castrovilla reads the short story "Careless Whistle." If the title brings to mind a certain '80s pop tune, it (like everything in great fiction) is intentional. After the reading, Selene and I talk about her start in writing, the use of music in her narrative, theme, and...