Meg HowaldJul 8, 20211 minWRITING INTIMACY |1"He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began." -Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina In...
Meg HowaldFeb 15, 20212 minTHE WRITER'S HOOKThe summer women gathered each day as if childhood locked them in a playground, but that summer one of them stayed, a faded ghost no one...
Meg HowaldDec 28, 20201 minIntense Negotiations"Conflict is the beginning of Consciousness" – Esther Harding Dangerous conflicts present threats to security which lead into intense...
Meg HowaldDec 28, 20201 minDanger and Release'Conflict creates character; crisis defines it.' - - Steven V. Thulon Conflict can involve two irreconcilable thoughts or ideas,...
Meg HowaldDec 3, 20201 minEmotional Momentum“No tears in the writer; no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer; no surprise in the reader.” – Robert Frost How does a writer...
Meg HowaldDec 1, 20201 minDo You Agree with Kurt Vonnegut“Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.” - Kurt...
Meg HowaldDec 1, 20202 minNarrative Voice - a Difficult ChoiceThe omniscient third person narrator can simultaneously unfold a variety of actions and speeches related to more than one character. They...
Meg HowaldAug 14, 20201 minReal PeopleAfter giving a book talk in my writing class, a student asked if the characters and events in my novel were real because I talked like I...