MFA Nugget: 10 Ways to Get Your Heart on the Page
“Less mind, more heart. That’s what it comes down to.” What do all of us writers long to hear from our readers, asked Robert Vivian in his lecture here at the Vermont College of Fine Arts’ MFA in...
View ArticleMFA Nugget: The Social Life of a Residency
“You should write about what the social life is like here. That was the thing I was most afraid of before coming.” One of my fellow students at my Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA residency made that...
View ArticleImagining History, or Creating True Scenes You’ve Never Seen
No matter what type of creative writing you pursue–fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry–a compelling scene can deepen the reader’s immersion in your words. In two weeks I’ll be giving a lecture at my...
View ArticleMFA Nugget: The End of This Creative Road
MONTPELIER, VT: At 8:45 am I will give a one-hour lecture on creative writing craft, part of my graduation requirements in my MFA in Writing with the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Assuming that goes...
View ArticleGuest Post: Traveling the Publication Road
Enough about my journey to book publication. Let’s hear from another author, novelist Sheila R. Lamb. I first encountered Sheila on Twitter in 2010. We were on the same road, creative writers looking...
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