“This is terribly vain of me,” said the judge, “but I’m really curious as to how I’m supposed to—well, you know, die.” The judge used air quotes around the word die. “Everyone wants to know,” said Jane. “You’d have been the first if […]
Category: Literature
Jeap’s Holler — Chapter III
A silver Hummer vehicle, sparkling and impressive, sat parked at the far end of the wide pavement in front of the mansion. The Hummer’s windows were tinted black. But the back of it was all that could be seen from the limo as the […]
Jeap’s Holler — Chapter II
The Bridewell mansion, in its day, had been a very beautiful home. It was the type of home they made paintings of for Christmas cards – grand yet homey at the same time. It was the kind of place where every American wanted […]
A Story From 2017, Part I
A bit of old work again. I’m not going to elaborate but I’ve got a few short chapters of this yet incomplete story. Please let me know if you like it. Dale Jeap’s Holler: Chapter I One bright Thursday morning, close to noon, a […]
Tool Series #2 — Multi-Tool, Part 4
We’ve been discussing the so called Writing Multi-tool in this Tool Series. Basically, the idea is to develop several writing strategies with which you can switch back and forth smoothly when writing scenes. I use these four basic writing strategies as my multi-tool; they are […]
Tool Series #2 — Multi-Tool, Part 3
So we’re still discussing the so called Writing Multi-tool in this Tool Series. I mentioned in Part 2 that what we are talking about is a writing skill which you can develop and adapt for yourself—customize it—so that it fits your needs specifically. […]
Just Reading Fun!
For today, I give you some reading material just for fun. It’s fiction, of course. I had a dystopian setting in mind when I wrote it. This piece comes from one of my old writing files of several years ago. It’s a single scene. […]
Tool Series #2 — Multi-Tool, Part 2
Yesterday I named the four basic writing strategies which make up my Writing Multi-tool functions and which I use constantly while working. They are: Description Dialogue Narrative Action Description and Action, as I said before, each have two sub-functions which I discussed when talking about […]
Tool Series #2 — Writing Multi-Tool
What Is A “Writing Multi-Tool”? It’s an idea I use in the course of writing but did not have a formal name for so I made one up—Writing Multi-tool. Have you seen those foldable tools that are several tools in one? The functions […]
Tool Series #1 — Observation
Perhaps the most basic tool in the writer’s tool chest is that of observation. Everyone, whether or not they are a writer, has and uses this very powerful tool. But what exactly do I mean by observation? you might ask. Do I mean taking […]
Introducing A New Series
The Tool Series Writing Tools I know “tools” is a hackneyed metaphor but the reason it is overused is because it is widely understood and it works. So rather than trying to explain the concept in some new and original way I’m going to […]
Trick Or Treat!
Since it’s Halloween, I thought I’d give you a slice of old writing of mine just for fun. This piece was all I wrote of this story. I titled it— Expect Bill On Thursday On Saturday, Harry the mailman delivered a strange package to […]
Talk Write — On Dialogue
What’s So Important About Dialogue? Have you ever attended a staged play? If you have you understand how limited the stage is. I’m not talking about the huge Phantom Of The Opera type productions; I’m talking about the sorts of plays your local Civic […]
Talk Write — Watch Movies And Improve Your Voice?
As writers, we sometimes think that time spent watching a movie is wasted time. Maybe not. I remember vividly that first line of Isak Dinesen’s Out Of Africa, narrated by Meryl Streep, at the beginning of the movie with the same title. It goes: […]