Writing emotion. Or, how to turn on a car.
I feel like I’m behind the wheel of a car and I can’t figure out how to turn it on. Maybe there’s no ignition, or I just can’t find it. […]
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Finding myself through memoir
Inspiration dawned on me this week, and I began writing a memoir about my childhood. It is disturbing, gritty, and brimming with some shocking things you probably didn’t know about […]
Fear of self expression
The Backwords Writer has been around for a long time. My followers started dropping off some years after I started the blog. Less and less people commented. I can still go […]
In Florida
By Rosa Sophia There’s nothing quite so perfect as loneliness. Hold it in between your fingers and you feel nothingness; chilly, pliable, palpable emptiness, a cool night in a tropical […]
Advice for writers
April 1, 2006 Don’t give up. Learn how to take a lot of criticism. You won’t become a better writer unless you’re willing to have your work ripped to shreds. […]