Posts Tagged ‘Ondine Brooks Kuraoka’
Weeks Five and Six: a) Pacing and b) What Does Agave Want Most?
Posted by: Ondine Brooks Kuraoka on: July 18, 2011
Tonight marks the seventh online chat in my class with Kathie Giorgio (http://www.allwriters.org/on_line_classes.asp#BOOK-WRITING WORKSHOP). I’m behind in my review of lessons learned from weeks five and six, which I will recap here. Hmm… was it me that said my story was leaping along like a gazelle? Sometimes, in my effort to “go deep,” I worry [...]
Week Four: Where’s Carlos? Neglected Characters. Also: Conflict Coaching for the Conflictually Blocked
Posted by: Ondine Brooks Kuraoka on: June 25, 2011
- In: discussion | revision
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The weeks are flying by; I’ve completed week four of my twelve-week online book-writing class with Kathie Giorgio. I can honestly say, thanks to this class, my story is leaping along like a gazelle. I also find I’m thinking back to the class I took with Drusilla Campbell, and appreciating how much I learned with her, as [...]
More Details, Please, and Missing Crucial Scenes- but Cheers to POV!
Posted by: Ondine Brooks Kuraoka on: May 31, 2011
- In: discussion | editing | revision | writing
- 4 Comments
Wow! Here I am, rolling into week three of Kathie Giorgio’s 12-week Book-Writing Workshop (www.allwriters.org/on_line_classes.asp#BOOK-WRITING WORKSHOP). The class has lit a fire under my chair to polish my weekly submission allotment of 15 pages, which we discuss and critique in an online chat each Monday night. No class tonight, due to Memorial Day. At my [...]
Ghost Writing- Success Doesn’t Require a Byline
Posted by: Ondine Brooks Kuraoka on: April 4, 2011
Lynn Vincent, one of the most sought-after ghost writers in the U.S., cracks the whip with her clients and reaps the rewards. Since 2006, she has co-written nine memoirs, two of which are currently listed as New York Times best-sellers. Her latest, a co-authored memoir with Abby Sunderland (relating Sunderland’s attempt to become the youngest [...]
Short, Sweet, Delete
Posted by: Ondine Brooks Kuraoka on: March 1, 2011
- In: discussion | editing | writing
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In the past few months, several people have contacted me with editing assignments. At first, I figured I’d just do a couple of editing projects for some extra cash. But I found I enjoyed the work and am now spreading the word that I’m available for more editing assignments. I’ve learned so much during the several [...]
Fresh Fiction, Warm from the Oven
Posted by: Ondine Brooks Kuraoka on: October 11, 2010
- In: discussion | writers | writing
- 3 Comments
Last week Claire Fadden wrote about her submission of a short short story to a contest. Literary journals are a great place to break into the publication landscape. Not that it’s easy. I’ve submitted various stories to Glimmer Train, so far without a bite. I will keep trying, though. Literary journals showcase hot-off-the-press fiction and [...]
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