Charlotte Litmosphere
Welcome to Charlotte Lit’s literary arts blog. What you’ll find here: reviews, interviews, craft essays, previews of literary arts events, and anything else that catches our attention, updated most Mondays.
Welcome to Charlotte Lit’s literary arts blog. What you’ll find here: reviews, interviews, craft essays, previews of literary arts events, and anything else that catches our attention, updated most Mondays.
Staying in the Flow: Advice for Memoir Writers and Others
/in Blog, Craft, Inspiration /by Gilda SyversonGilda Morina Syverson will lead a workshop on memoir, “Traveling Home, Again: Memoir’s Enlightening Path” at Charlotte Lit on Thursday, February 21st, from 6 to 9 p.m. Register Only two years. That’s what I told myself when I first began to teach memoir writing at Queens University. I would do it for two years. My […]
Research First, Then Write?
/in Blog, Craft /by Andy ThomasonEditor’s note: We occasionally take a look at the standard bits of advice given to writers. This week, guest blogger Andy Thomason takes on the notion of research first, then write. When I told one of the editors at my office that I was writing a book, he offered what I thought was a strange piece […]
The Power of an Author’s Note
/in Blog /by Paula MartinacI have a confession to make: If a novel contains an author’s note, I read it before I launch into the first chapter—even if it falls at the end of the book. I’ve been doing this for as long as I can remember—both before I ever tried to write a book, and now that I […]
Little Jewels of Wisdom: Writing Advice Distilled
/in Blog, Craft /by Kristin ShermanI love to go to writing workshops and have attended at least one each year for nearly two decades. Below is the advice I have found most helpful. Most of the instructors were excellent, some less so, but each provided a little jewel of wisdom. 1. A novel needs conflict, both external and internal. The external […]