Posts Tagged ‘truth’
What is Talent?
Posted by: twtrifles on: March 31, 2010
- In: writing
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This morning, my Wednesday walking buddy mentioned she would love to be a painter. Too bad her genes didn’t include talent with a paint brush. I told her most so-called innate talent isn’t. If she wants to pick up a paint brush, she should go for it. Why not? What is talent, anyway? Where does it come from? [...]
Fact Is Fiction…TV Reality
Posted by: pageadaywriters on: February 15, 2010
- In: writing
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“My fiction is 82% nonfiction,” says Pam Houston, novelist, essayist and award-winning short story writer. And I’ve heard her say she thinks all fiction is 80% nonfiction AND nonfiction is 80% fiction. Clearly for Houston the line between fiction and nonfiction, such as memoirs and essays, is blurred, if nonexistent. I’m writing a memoir, [...]
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