Archives for the ‘On Writing’ Category
Interview w/ Michael Ondaatje
By Eric Hill • Mar 2nd, 2010 • Category: From the Interweb, On Writing, VideoTen rules for writing fiction
By Eric Hill • Feb 23rd, 2010 • Category: Advice, From the Interweb, On Writing4 Never use an adverb to modify the verb “said” . . . he admonished gravely. To use an adverb this way (or almost any way) is a mortal sin. The writer is now exposing himself in earnest, using a word that distracts and can interrupt the rhythm of the exchange. I have a character in one of my books tell how she used to write historical romances “full of rape and adverbs”
Various/The Guardian
Bukowski on Poetry
By Eric Hill • Feb 4th, 2010 • Category: Advice, On Writing, Poetry, Rants, Writing RoutinesFred Wah from Fred Wah and Friends Poetry Reading
By Eric Hill • Feb 2nd, 2010 • Category: Brave New World, From the Interweb, On Writing, PoetryIn ‘Other’ Words: Writing Gently Humorous Essays About Stereotypes
By Eric Hill • Jan 7th, 2010 • Category: Advice, Essays, On WritingOverview | How do stereotypes inform our ideas about others? How can we go beyond these misconceptions for a truer look at an “other”? In this lesson, students read a gently humorous essay examining British stereotypes about Americans, consider stereotypes and misconceptions of people in various groups and write lighthearted personal essays.
Amanda Christy Brown and Holly Epstein Ojalvo /Teaching and Learning with the New York Times
