imagination

i am a lucky girl. not only has my posture improved over the past week, but i also got to spin out a week of my life at cleveland state’s imagination workshop. for those of you who are turning up your noses and thinking–writing in cleveland, it’s not possible–think again. neal chandler, director, is a genius. and meeting josip novakovich was beyond delightful: the man is hilarious in a sort of deadpan eastern european way. my list of books developed a sort of bunnies-mating quality. and i’m even more determined to get a few essays out as soon as reading periods open again in september. it’s a pleasant little time-warp to feel like a student and a writer again after so many days of playing at the park and reading sandra boynton. so, all of you with dreams, give yourself at least a week to dabble in them. you’ll walk a little taller.

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writing with style

[thankful for a book-a-day advent to thanksgiving: 7 days left]

reading a book about writing can actually help you write better.

for some reason, as a sophomore in college and novice writing tutor, this was an epiphanic moment. read this book, it’s true. and trimble’s is one of the most readable texts on writing around.

[yes! you too can start sentences with “and” … ]

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