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In Texas I taught film adaptation. We took a short story and adapted it for the screen and shot it. It was a great experience for most. Well you can’t please all the students and in the words of my old pal Wally Rovner: Writing is the only subject where the students think they know …
Today I got home from work and barely still had my pants on when a knock on the door stayed my hand above the belt buckle. My neighbor smelling smoke and meds, had a box in his hand. The delivery guy had left it with him as he is helpful that way. I was not …
Daniel Orozco told the class that writing a story was like building a wall and all the words were bricks and you don’t build a wall all at once. It takes shape one brick at a time. Another construction metaphor was used in revision. Kim Barnes talked of remodeling the kitchen when thinking of reworking …