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What, Why, How: Charlene Diane Jones

March 10, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

WHAT? I write across years, across pages, across oceans of memory. My poetry has been published widely in Canada and the US reaching a peak in 1996 with my poetry partner Linda Stitt in our book … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: Buddhism, Fiction, healing, meditation, nonfiction, poetry

Writing is no orderly process

February 1, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

  My novel doesn't start at the beginning. Is this an inside writing joke? What I mean is the narrative in my story isn't ordered chronologically. It wasn't always that way, but when it … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: The Writing Life Tagged With: Beginnings, Fiction, narrative, order, writing, writing tips

Where to Start Your Novel

January 11, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

The beginning as a place mark: We sit in front of the keyboard, poised, with an idea for a book spinning in our head, and find ourselves afraid to start. After all, we are aware we have one paragraph, … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: In the Context of Love, The Writing Life Tagged With: Beginnings, Fiction, novel, writing, writing tips

What, Why, How: Kelly Fordon

May 25, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I write fiction, poetry, book reviews and nonfiction. How: Bird by Bird as Anne LaMott says. When I am writing, I just keep forging ahead until I have something I like. In the case of … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: Detroit, Fiction, short stories

Get Close to your Readers through Point of View

February 4, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

In any story, there’s a narrator that is separate from the writer. Point of view concerns how the narrator tells the story, and this will determine how close the relationship between the narrator and … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: The Writing Life Tagged With: Fiction, first-person, point of view, second person, third person, writing, writing tips

On the Nose – Romance Novel Pet Peeves

February 8, 2014 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

In the last two romances I read, the "hero" kisses the girl on the nose. It was something that pulled me right out of the romance, and suspended my belief in the story and the author. I just can't see … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: The Writing Life Tagged With: dialogue, Fiction, romance, sex in fiction, writing

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