I’m immersed in memoir revision and one crazy schedule, so I apologize for the random posts. I know your world doesn’t revolve around my blog, so I’m hoping you’ll forgive what’s likely to be unpredictable appearances here in the next little while. (11.5 weeks, but who’s counting?)
Today I’m sharing Ruth Krauss’s writing wisdom from her delightful book How to Make an Earthquake. (Go here to see more useful hints, including “A Good Way to Carry Your Carrots” and “How to Make Toast-Nippers.”)
“You can write books about anything. For instance, fruits. The first page could be a banana and the second page could be an orange and the third could be cherries, and like that…. Or, you could write a book for someone who can read only one word. You could draw a horse on the first page and write HELLO, and the second page could be a bear and write HELLO, and the third page could be a kitten and write HELLO, and the fourth could be a monkey and write HELLO, until as many as you want. At the end maybe you could write GOODBYE, just for fun.”
Brilliant advice! I’d say this virtually eliminates the need for creative writing MFA programs, wouldn’t you?
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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Dear Life on the High Wire:
Have you fallen off, God Forbid, please tell us your OK. As my life does revolve around your blog, I've taken to writing in my own blog, and my skills are not what they should be. But practice and baby steps make perfect. So to sum up I hope you have been chasing some good Porter House and London Broil and not settling for the Salisbury Steak, although there is something to be said for a Salisbury Steak every now and then.
For me I have been busy hopping College Campuses quite a bit as well as Catholic High schools. St Johns in Queens, St. Francis., Fordham University. By the By, the bronx this time of year is quite lovely, with the botanical gardens and the Bronx Zoo. And if you've never been to Arthur Avenue, its quite very Italian, its worth the walk.
I'm still here, just in get-shit-done mode, which I'm afraid precludes LOTHW posts. But soon on those, I hope.
The memoir is progressing nicely - practice and baby steps, yes - and I'm surviving one crazy final semester. Glad to hear what you're up to, and I look forward to more regular blogversations in the near future.
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