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~Post by David Duhr of WriteByNight, Austin’s center for writers. Poet Marianne Moore once said, “A man is a writer if all his words are strung in definite sentence sounds.” Setting aside the lack of gender neutrality in Moore’s era, what she’s saying is that if it sounds like writing, then it’s writing. I.e., if you … Continue reading The Art of the Sentence
Post by Justine Goldberg of WriteByNight, Austin's center for writers. The difference between fiction and nonfiction seems obvious: fiction is fabricated, nonfiction is fact. Pretty straightforward, right? Wrong! The truth is that these seemingly distinct genres have more in common than one might think. Fiction can enjoy nonfictional elements, just as nonfiction can benefit from fictional … Continue reading True Lies: The Blurry Boundary Between Fiction and Nonfiction
Post by Justine Goldberg of WriteByNight, a writing center here in Austin. If you’re anything like the rest of us—in other words, human—chances are you’ve made at least a few New Year’s resolutions to amp up your literary productivity in 2012. Maybe you want to read more, or more widely. Maybe you’ve promised yourself to … Continue reading How to Kick 2012’s Butt, Literary Style
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