by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 12, 2008 | stories |
My favorite journal is One Story. That’s what it is. One story. At a time. Brilliant. Every three weeks, one story arrives in my mailbox. I always keep a story in my purse. Or my pocket. I’m never without something to read. One Story is the... 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...