Word by Word

Practical insights for writers from Jessica P Morrell

Archive for October, 2011

storyline summary

Storyline summary: In the story opening, your protagonist, a person with scars, shortcomings and a deep wound caused by a previous trauma (s) is affected by a troubling change in his life. This change of the status quo forces him to choose a goal or direction which he pursues. But a series of ever-increasing obstacles […]

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“I am an artist. It’s self-evident that what that word implies is looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying, “I know all about it. I’ve already found it.” As far as I’m concerned, the word means, “I am looking. I am hunting for it, […]

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“Then, at last, sitting on her stretcher-bed, she took from the very bottom of her pack an old peacock-blue scarf folded around a heavy, square book. She unwrapped it and opened it very carefully, as if guilty secrets might fall from between its pages like pressed flowers. This was Harry’s secret. She was a writer.” […]

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Power of Voice workshop date has been changed

to October 29 I’ve also moved my workshops to Tabor Place at 5441 S.E. Belmont–comfortable space with a coffee shop in the building. Stay tuned for details about a mini-conference scheduled there: Making It In Tough & Changing Times. It will January 28, 2012  

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Going Home

Going Home Jessica P. Morrell Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.  ~Doug Larson Last month I went home to the small town in northern Wisconsin where I lived until I was fourteen. The occasion was my father’s 80th birthday and I found a place changed by time, […]

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