Tony works (if you can call it that) for the city. His major qualification: He knows how to carry a … More
Tag: fiction
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Want to Know the Benefit of Rewriting?
“The main reason for rewriting is not to achieve a smooth surface, but to discover the inner truth of your … More
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ The Importance of a Character
“Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut
🐤 The Lucky Canary ~ Stella Wonders Bogey’s giving Her a Pick Up Line or a Punch Line
10 Meanwhile . . . Down the Street at Lena’s Bogey carries two beers to the corner booth in Lena’s. … More
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Beating Writer’s Block
“If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories, novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music, you automatically explode every … More
🐤 The Lucky Canary ~ Roxie Believes Her Karma is Messed Up
8 “This is the thing, Tuna. Do you want to hear the first thing, the second thing, or the third … More
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Trust the Inner Writing Guide
“Occasionally, there arises a writing situation where you see an alternative to what you are doing, a mad, wild gamble … More
🐤 The Lucky Canary ~ Tina Begs to be Next in Line if Maria Dies
7 Meanwhile back at The Lucky Canary . . . Tony’s scribbling on the back of napkins embossed with a … More
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ The Starting Place for a Plot
“A plot begins when somebody has something to hide.” ~ John Banville
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Is It Time to Stretch?
“A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong.z’ … More