By Kevin Paul Tracy There is a joke which has been apocryphally attributed to various famous sculptors: HOW TO SCULPT A BIRD: Chisel away all the parts that do not look like a bird. As a joke this is worth a chuckle. As a fundamental truth about sculpting it leaves something to be desired. For…
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Old Writer, New Tricks
By Mary Gillgannon I’m what I call an intuitive or “into the mist” writer. I have a general idea of what the story is about, but I don’t really plot. I’m also a linear writer. I start from the beginning and keep going on the rough draft until I reach the end. Between “non-plotting” and…