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After a frenzy of writing during NaNoWriMo and a few weeks of intense noodling around with my outline to sharpen plot points and firm up the mushy middle, I was meant to jump back into writing my novel this month. … Continued
In its June issue, Toronto Life ran a first-person essay about a family who bought and renovated a derelict house, detailing the many mistakes the couple made and the money they spent – $1.3 million! – to get their dream home. … Continued
A couple summer ago, I was fortunate to spend an afternoon at a workshop with Sarah Leavitt, a graphic novelist who published a memoir of her mother’s decline with Alzheimer’s. Our focus was the basics of visual storytelling, or what’s known … Continued
In 1973, playwright and theatre director Paul Thompson convinced six actors from the city to spend their summer living in a crumbling farmhouse near Clinton, Ontario as they developed new improvisational work based on the surrounding community. The actors were … Continued
I recently read Charles Baxter’s book “The Art of Subtext.” What a complicated topic to take on – although, Amazon assures me plenty of how-to writers have tackled it. Writing about the art of subtext is a little like trying … Continued