by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 12, 2008 | craft of writing, stories |
If you want to see a writer move seamlessly from one scene to the next without any extra words, take a look at this passage from the “Big Bertha Stories” in Bobbie Ann Mason’s collection, Midnight Magic: Jeannette wanted to stop for ice cream. She...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 6, 2008 | craft of writing |
“Her father turned around. ‘Pancakes?’ he asked her. Winnie didn’t want pancakes. ‘Sure,’ she said.” You will find these simple sentences, which take you to the heart of Winnie, at the end of the story “Ship in a...
