Norma J HillTea Party: Listening to Your CharactersIn her wonderful craft of writing book, Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott writes, “Just don’t pretend you know more about your characters than they…Feb 26, 20181Feb 26, 20181
Norma J HillDevelop Your Characters By Exploring Yourself?In her book, Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott gives this advice about developing characters for your stories:Feb 12, 2018Feb 12, 2018
Norma J HillWrite What You Know — and Know ThyselfIn her book, Bird by Bird, author Anne Lamott writes, “Knowledge of your characters also emerges the way a Polaroid develops: it takes time…Feb 9, 2018Feb 9, 2018
Norma J HillPolaroids and PropsIn Anne Lamott’s book, Bird by Bird, she writes, “Writing a first draft is very much like watching a Polaroid develop. You can’t — and, in…Jan 29, 2018Jan 29, 2018
Norma J HillWhat Blocks My Creativity as a Writer?In her excellent book, Bird by Bird, author Anne Lamott writes,Jan 28, 2018Jan 28, 2018
Norma J HillChild’s Draft, Then Wildly Coloured Self-Edit: Inspiration!In her amazing book, Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott writes, “The first draft is the child’s draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it…Jan 24, 2018Jan 24, 2018
Norma J HillI Don’t Need to Know the DestinationIn her book, Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott writes, “What I do … [when] I realize that the well has run dry… is to stop. First I try to breathe……Jan 8, 2018Jan 8, 2018
Norma J HillNew Year Ponderings About Sharing Ideas in WritingIn her book, Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott wrote: “Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community…Jan 6, 2018Jan 6, 2018
Norma J HillWriting to Write — or to Publish?(And I’m back. In the past 2 1/2 months I’ve been super-busy with my editing and tutoring business, and got a bit sidelined from this…Jan 2, 2018Jan 2, 2018
Norma J HillThrowing Out Those Pages and Chapters“And then the miracle happens…. So you… find yourself back at the desk, staring blankly at the pages you filled yesterday. And there on…Oct 12, 2017Oct 12, 2017
