Letters unopened
We use the term ‘back of the envelope’ to capture the notion of jotting down an idea or plan on...
Treat ’em mean to keep ’em keen
This made me laugh, Keats' pithy analysis of the source of English literary brilliance. There are several references in his...
Language as anchor and mooring
Heaney uses several maritime metaphors in discussing a poem set in a sea-faring culture. Here he refers to speech that...
Stories as therapy
The story as a means to bear sorrow is an idea I'd like to believe, but can't quite relate to...
A space filled to repletion
I like visual and typographical playfulness, and here in Orlando the point about economy in language is underlined not with...
A man with no plan
We went to a charity bazarre the other morning, and came staggering out with a sack load of books. Before...
Shorter but longer
This pithy summary of the difference between prose and poetry is as much as Orlando gleans from the convoluted accounts...
Writing time and speeding clocks
Any absorbing activity has this magical effect of taking you almost outside of time, until you look at the clock...
A record of experiences and growth
Recently I've become curious about how people view journals, what they use them for, and have been experimenting with writing...
Key Penmanship Indicators (KPIs)
An author whose bright writing I cheer and revere made this kind comment about WritingRedux.com. He also handed me a...
Key Penmanship Indicators (KPIs) – V
A writer occasionally knows their prose is straight, keen and true; often knows it isn't quite, but without being sure...
Rules and writers
Nikos Kazantzakis, best known as the author of Zorba the Greek, pretty much wipes the floor with literary theorists, quite...
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