Tag Archives: Writing Wednesdays

The Sea a Sham Born of Uniformity: On Subverting the Normal with Gene Wolfe (Throwback Thursday)

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

This year I introduced an occasional feature I call “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own vault or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This might be … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, On Writing, Throwback Thursdays | Tagged Anne McCaffrey, books, fantasy, Gene Wolfe, Harry Potter, literature, myth, Science Fiction, The Shadow of The Torturer, Ursula K. Le Guin, ursula le guin, writing, Writing Wednesdays | 15 Comments

The Sea a Sham Born of Uniformity: On Subverting the Normal with Gene Wolfe (#WritingWednesdays)

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

Classic SciFi authors will cringe when I admit this, but I am reading Gene Wolfe for the first time. It just hasn’t come across my path until I found a dozen Ursula K. LeGuin and Gene Wolfe books at a … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, On Writing | Tagged books, fantasy, Gene Wolfe, literature, myth, Science Fiction, The Shadow of The Torturer, ursula le guin, writing, Writing Wednesdays | 10 Comments

On Mixing Fantasy with Real Life, A Lesson from Sesame Street (#WritingWednesdays)

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

This is the latest in a series called “Writing Wednesdays,” focusing on writing resources from the common to the unusual. This one is perhaps a little unusual. For work I am reading Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point (2000). It’s been … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing | Tagged Big Bird, C.S. Lewis, faerie, fantasy, Harry Potter, Imagine Dragons, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Malcolm Gladwell, Sesame Street, Stevie Wonder, That Hideous Strength, The Tipping Point, writing, Writing Wednesdays | 14 Comments

I Need Help With “I,” Or Thoughts on Literary Segregation and the 1st Person Narrative

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

This post is part of an ongoing series Called Writing Wednesdays. I would love your comments below! It’s hard to know where some prejudices develop. My bias against bad drivers—something we Prince Edward Islanders specialize in—came to me slowly. I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing | Tagged 1st Person Narratives, 50 Shades of Grey, books, C.S. Lewis, Great Gatsby, Lemony Snicket, literature, Neil Gaiman, Roald Dahl, The Hunger Games, Twilight, writing, Writing Wednesdays | 45 Comments

On 2048, Or The Keep It In The Corner Approach to Writing (#WritingWednesdays)

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

I hate to admit it, but I am one of the recent victims of 2048. For those that don’t know, 2048 is a relatively new meme in smart phone apps. The idea is simple: combine two-point value boxes to double … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing | Tagged 2048, focus, On Writing, Stephen King, writing, Writing Advice, Writing Wednesdays | 8 Comments

False Starts and Missteps: How C.S. Lewis Found his Literary Voice (#WritingWednesdays)

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

This blog is part of a series of Wednesday posts on Writing Resources. Last week’s post was The Writer’s Spidey Sense. I don’t know how it is for other writers, but I have had dozens of false starts. Ranging from … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, literature, Poetry, Walter Hooper, writing, Writing Wednesdays | 25 Comments

The Writer’s Spidey Sense (#WritingWednesdays)

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

This blog is part of a series of Wednesday posts on Writing Resources. See next Wednesday for the value of False Starts in Writing. In our beat-you-over-the-head technotronic age, CGI is going to be a big feature in any superhero … Continue reading →