Writer’s Cyber Salon
Posted on May 24, 2014 8 Comments
Today, I found two quotes with two different views on handling ideas for writing.
“Write while the heat is in you. … The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with.” —Henry David Thoreau
“You don’t actually have to write anything until you’ve thought it out. This is an enormous relief, and you can sit there searching for the point at which the story becomes a toboggan and starts to slide.”
—Marie de Nervaud
Upon reflection, I understand both quotes. Sometimes, usually with writing poetry, I have to write the words as soon as they come to me, or they are lost. But, when it comes to stories, I tend to think of them, the situation, the characters for a long time. Sometimes too long.
So, do either, or both, of these quotes apply to your writing?
Alaska Native Doll Art
Posted on May 17, 2014 3 Comments
Dolls preserve culture
Daily life, ceremony
Ageless perfection
All of these dolls were in a large case on the third floor
Dolls are made from ivory, fur, animal hides and skins, and cloth
Writer’s Cyber Salon
Posted on May 17, 2014 6 Comments
In addition to sharing your thoughts about the following quote, please let me know which title you think is best – today’s “Writers’ Cyber Salon” or “Scribes’ Cyber Salon.”
“Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life,
every quality of his mind, is written large in his works.”
—Virginia Woolf
Make Haiku Mini-Comic Book #41
Posted on May 17, 2014 Leave a Comment
Sun’s blast brightly moves
Across summer’s sky drying
Autumn’s cool birth comes
Follow the instructions below to make this week’s mini-comic book. Enjoy.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR VERY OWN ZCW MINICOMIC from Brian Payne, artist
1.) Download the image to your computer desktop.
2.) Set your printer to the fill entire paper/borderless setting and use the landscape format to print it on a piece of 8 1/2″ x 11″ paper (preferably colored.)
3.) Watch the tutorial I found on YouTube (see link below,) make sure your folds are straight, all the corners are even, and be extra careful with your cut.
Enjoy!
Skywalker Storyteller Works 