Tag: writing tips
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Clown story inspires six writing prompts
Consider Sean Toner’s award-winning “Head Clown,” a story about a summer when he decided to earn extra money by selling balloons. This piece, fashioned from ordinary events, is clever, engaging, and warm. I looked more closely trying to decipher how he transformed a few memories into a tale that offered so much value. From my…
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Stylistic innovation in Sean Toner’s clown story
By focusing tightly on each moment he brought me into his world, endowing scenes with color and character, creating depth of emotion and variety of insight. Toner’s exquisite attention on small details provided me with so much pleasure I was sorry to see it end.
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Lessons memoir writers can learn from Zombies
My goal is remarkably similar to Jonathan Maberry’s. We both want to tell a good story. So I keep listening to this thriller writer and keep learning lessons about the relationship between life and story. For example, in a previous discussion he told me that flaws in real people prepare him to write deeper characterization…
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