tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post8017002057588145084..comments2024-03-07T04:13:36.330-06:00Comments on The Storyteller's Inkpot: A defining sentenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-38148875523000504152010-08-26T14:45:46.581-05:002010-08-26T14:45:46.581-05:00Thank you, I will use that this semester. I think...Thank you, I will use that this semester. I think that will help. Only how to pick the best sentence?pollyalice_artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17583471955974483276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-82291793630049964062010-08-21T10:20:55.602-05:002010-08-21T10:20:55.602-05:00I had a similar experience at the residency this s...I had a similar experience at the residency this summer, as I searched for the "essence" of the main character of my newly-begun novel. I was searching for pov and voice. I had three false starts that I had already scrapped. The sentence that came to me was a description of the character as "street smart in a dirt-road kind of way." That phrase got me going, and I was amazed that I immediately found the voice and the spark that got the fire of the story going.Debra McArthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07434251789378141335noreply@blogger.com