Andromeda Romano-Lax will be teaching a three-week class called “Perspectives and Viewpoints” for the 49 Writing Center, starting next Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Advance registration required; a few spots remain. Last week, she wrote about why POV matters for readers. This week, she writes about POV breakthroughs, from the writer’s perspective. Some writers have point-of-view, […]
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“All novels are failed novels,” visiting writer Dani Shapiro told writers this past weekend at the 49 Writers Tutka Bay Retreat. I completely agree. And I’ve always found both inspiration and consolation from that Samuel Beckett quote: “No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” What ends up on the page is usually more than
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The only thing worse than going on book tour is not going, writes Ann Patchett (RUN; BEL CANTO) in this recent Atlantic magazine article. All of it rings true, including when she asks a writer friend about his memories of a certain 1992 book tour, and he admits, “I didn’t drink till book tour.” Patchett
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