Comments on: The Craft of Writing: On Becoming A Writer

By: Eva Hunter

Eva Hunter — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:46:13 +0000

Dear Tim, Atavis Girl, and Mrindu,
Thank you for your comments on my first blog article on “The Craft of Writing.” I appreciate hearing from you. Mrindu, I absolutely understand what you are saying. I was asking myself the same questions about 12 years ago. As a sucessful professional writer in the magazine field, I suspected that I had not even the slightest idea how to do something longer, or more complex–like a book, or a fairly large literary nonfiction piece. I was right about that!

What I hope I’ll be able to do with my blog columns for the next several months is take my readers through the step-by-step process that I learned, and that resulted in my suceeding with several complex writing projects. My goal is to help you get beyond the merry-go-round of starting things, but then not knowing where to go with them at a certain point. And I’d be totally thrilled if some of you write me some day and say–yes–I finished my project!

So stay tuned, and let me know how I’m doing. Feel free to ask questions as they come up–I welcome your involvement.
Ciao,
Eva Hunter

By: AravisGirl

AravisGirl — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:12:45 +0000

Looking forward to it

AravisGirl’s last blog post..The Wait

By: Mridu Khullar

Mridu Khullar — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:20:00 +0000

I just found your blog, and I'm glad I did! I've been writing professionally and having work published for several years, but lately, I've hit a slump. I do fine with articles, but the act of committing to and writing a book is challenging. I've been playing with an idea lately, but it seems like such a long road ahead. One word. Then another. One sentence, then another. Thanks for sharing. Mridu Khullar’s last blog post..Of White and Black Macbooks

By: Tim of Angle

Tim of Angle — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:36:50 +0000

Absolutely correct. Every good story makes a statement about the nature of reality. Without a theme, there is no story, period.