http://www.katherinecowley.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:31:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Writing Inspirations: “In Which Eve Names Everything Else” http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/writing-inspirations-in-which-eve-names-everything-else/ http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/writing-inspirations-in-which-eve-names-everything-else/#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:23:09 +0000 Kathy http://www.katherinecowley.com/?p=709 My mini-play/story, “In Which Eve Names Everything Else,” recently won 2nd place in the 2013 Mormon Lit Blitz contest. (If you’re interested, you can also read the discussion of my play.) The stories that I write are often inspired by … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/writing-inspirations-in-which-eve-names-everything-else/feed/ 0 Point of View and Imaginative Empathy http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/point-of-view-and-imaginative-empathy/ http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/point-of-view-and-imaginative-empathy/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 04:59:22 +0000 Kathy http://www.katherinecowley.com/?p=704 Last Friday I went to a writing workshop by award winning author Susan Palwick, whose new book Mending the Moon was just released. Susan Palwick gave a workshop on point of view. We commonly think about point of view as 1st, 2nd, … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/point-of-view-and-imaginative-empathy/feed/ 0 Character Recipe: Kathy Soup http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/character-recipe-kathy-soup/ http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/character-recipe-kathy-soup/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:20:31 +0000 Kathy http://www.katherinecowley.com/?p=693 I went to a writing event last night and author Cindy R. Williams taught about Character Recipes, an approach she uses to get to know her characters. Basically, you create a recipe for your character that includes things like physical … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/character-recipe-kathy-soup/feed/ 0 New Page: Metaphors about the Writing Process http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/metaphors-about-the-writing-process/ http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/metaphors-about-the-writing-process/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:30:27 +0000 Kathy http://www.katherinecowley.com/?p=686 I’ve added a new page to my site with quotes and metaphors about the writing process. Okay, there’s a fair number of similes too, but similes are a type of metaphor. The first semester I taught a college writing class, … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/metaphors-about-the-writing-process/feed/ 0 Writing is like Plate Spinning http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/writing-is-like-plate-spinning/ http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/writing-is-like-plate-spinning/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:25:22 +0000 Kathy http://www.katherinecowley.com/?p=678 This is a metaphor that I’m borrowing from mystery writer Michael Connelly. He writes: From somewhere in my memory, either amateur hour TV or the boardwalk in Venice, I remember a sideshow act called plate spinning. The object of this … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/writing-is-like-plate-spinning/feed/ 0 Everyday Rhetoric http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/everyday-rhetoric/ http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/everyday-rhetoric/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:04:32 +0000 Kathy http://www.katherinecowley.com/?p=655 A lot of times, rhetoric is taught in college with the immediate purpose of helping students become better at writing college papers. But what I love about rhetoric is it’s everyday, normal uses. When we first moved into this apartment, … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/everyday-rhetoric/feed/ 0 Writing is Like… (Part 5) http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/writing-is-like-part-5/ http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/writing-is-like-part-5/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:51:40 +0000 Kathy http://www.katherinecowley.com/?p=642 Writing is like taking care of sick kids. It takes a lot of hard work, and a lot of time. Your kids and your writing always seem to need you, and sometimes they keep you up all night. Like taking … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/art-museums-for-2-year-olds/feed/ 0 Writing is like Kissing http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/writing-is-like-kissing/ http://www.katherinecowley.com/blog/writing-is-like-kissing/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:53:24 +0000 Kathy http://www.katherinecowley.com/?p=612 Yes, you heard me. Writing is like kissing. Kissing, like writing, works better (or at least tends to be more interesting) if there’s a second person involved. We’ll call that person the audience. If you want your kiss (your writing) … Continue reading →

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