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by PatriciaGrier
January 22nd, 2010, 4:53 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: What are you writing now?
Replies: 69
Views: 26660

Re: What are you writing now?

I write all, I mean, all the time. I got a very short little paragraph in this lovely photomag in the series called, Coming Home: http://www.pictorymag.com As for the novel that is sitting on my computer-- ignored for the last few months, it is a girly kinda thing. Great personal growth from tragedy...
by PatriciaGrier
December 14th, 2009, 12:59 pm
Forum: Procrastination
Topic: Spiraling Blue Light Over Norway
Replies: 5
Views: 3690

Re: Spiraling Blue Light Over Norway

This is going to make me sound very silly, but when I saw the title of this, I had thought that the OP would be about K-Mart enlarging its dying empire into Norway.
by PatriciaGrier
December 10th, 2009, 2:39 pm
Forum: Procrastination
Topic: Foruming and our writing
Replies: 12
Views: 6562

Re: Foruming and our writing

This is a professional forum and I would expect most of us respect ourselves well enough to write with appropriate grammar, spelling and punctuation. On the other hand, it is a forum and it wouldn't be interesting to contribute to if I felt I had to stress about the minor things my fingers do. Also,...
by PatriciaGrier
December 10th, 2009, 2:08 pm
Forum: Procrastination
Topic: Any other writing teachers?
Replies: 6
Views: 2849

Any other writing teachers?

I teach writing to a bunch of middle school kidlets. I love it. I also do other stuff, like read literature with them, and there is that grammar thing we have to do, but my absolute love is to teach writing. Oh, and Shakespeare comes into play when we read something he wrote, then have a party to ce...
by PatriciaGrier
December 10th, 2009, 12:37 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Do you write the same genre you read?
Replies: 46
Views: 25870

Re: Do you write the same genre you read?

Since I read everything-- been known to read the ingredient list off of bathroom cleaning sprays when there was no book in reach, I can say that I write the genre I read. I write all kinds of stuff-- though the current novel is chick lit. Other than that, I blog on about three different places. My b...
by PatriciaGrier
December 9th, 2009, 12:29 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Outline or Out of the Mist?
Replies: 50
Views: 27716

Re: Outline or Out of the Mist?

The story tells itself. I discover the details as I go, but the plot is written in my head before I start. I guess this is a compromise version, I outline, but don't write it down.