Life is Amazing…
Highlights of last evening were mostly social! or is it that it takes a day or two to absorb and respond? Met Dylan Nyoukis and Karen Constance, festival organizers, outside the venue when I arrived last night. Dylan expressed his personal disappointment with the low numbers of women presenting. Told me he doesn't want to... Continue Reading →
I attended a writing session Monday evening with local group Not for the Faint Hearted. Organized by James Burt and Ellen DeVries this session was facilitated by James. James presented the group - we were about 15 - with a series of images as prompts. Writing times were limited to 5 minutes, 3 minutes, 2... Continue Reading →
Two books that blasted my writing style when I was a beginner, which anybody can now refer to online, are William Strunk and Fowler's The King's English When I studied the Style of Writing at the University of Ottawa, an elective I took towards my theatre degree, the prof preached Fowler and I obediently followed.... Continue Reading →
Alison Amazed 