Writing Chats: Chat bi-weekly with Roy Peter Clark about writing. Supported by CCI.
I have been reading more poetry lately, and not just because April was National Poetry Month. For reasons I can’t explain, I have not found poetry; rather it has re-discovered me. Perhaps the re-connection was a natural result of my… Read more
My friend Jay Rosen has posted another useful essay on his blog Pressthink and asks provocative questions with important implications for every writer.
Rosen begins with a graphic that shows the steady decline in news media credibility… Read more
I assume that the Sept. 11 attacks will have an effect on people for decades to come. I often associate this effect with the assassination of JFK, another story that keeps evolving.
And now, once again, on the 100th anniversary… Read more
More than 300 writers shared their ideas about writing at last weekend’s “Narrative Arc” conference, which Poynter co-sponsored. I delivered a keynote address and then shared a spot on four panel discussions.
My favorite was titled “Revising Before Your… Read more
For most of four decades now, I have been talking about writing with Don and Jason Fry. Don, who directed my graduate work at Stony Brook University, has become one of the world’s most respected and well-traveled writing coaches.… Read more
I get this question a lot these days: What makes a story a story? Every time I think I know the answer, someone changes the question.
Can you really tell stories in newspapers? Is there a place for storytelling in… Read more
When I read a letter from my Catholic bishop, Robert Lynch, to the faithful, it made me angry. Although it was framed as an issue of Church and State, I took the letter as a direct attack on President Obama… Read more
You thought you learned them in grade school. You know, the parts of speech, those eight basic elements of making meaning. But here’s a little secret: Those seemingly demure parts of speech are, in practice, naughty cross-dressers.
In his book,… Read more
Go to any bookstore these days and you find all the writing advice you could use in a lifetime. OK, sure, a lot of it is coming from me. I used to believe that, when it came to writing tips,… Read more
I have made seven writing resolutions for 2012. I may not fulfill them, but that’s OK. For me to be most productive, I need to set some trajectories for my writing, including some that imagine what things look like beyond… Read more
