Adapting to the Screen

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 …

It's all in the Proof

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 …

Knocking Down the Kitchen

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 …