Tag Archives: Creative writing

The writer’s voice

Posted on September 6, 2013 by knlistman

When people speak they produce many different signals that the audience can interpret: facial expressions, gestures, and timbre of voice can add to the meaning of the words, or reverse them. For example, a person saying “Good job!” in a … Continue reading →

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Promptless writing

Posted on August 23, 2013 by knlistman

Writing prompts are extremely easy to come by – people are giving them away for free on thousands of different web sites – which should give you a clue to exactly how worthless most of them are. The student who … Continue reading →

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Too rigorous for creativity

Posted on July 26, 2013 by knlistman

A teacher voiced his frustration about getting gifted students past the hurdle of simply looking at events of a story to the uncover the devices that the author used in writing the story.  The students need to interpret the effect … Continue reading →

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