Tag Archives: writing fiction

In Another Life

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

My next post will appear Friday, September 7. If you’re in the neighborhood, mark your calendar for Sept. 13, 7 p.m.: Why There Are Words, 333 Caledonia, Sausalito. I’d love to see some of you there! A few months ago, … Continue reading →

Posted in craft, reading, writing | Tagged anti-memoir, archeology, Cairo, fiction, getting it right, Helen of Troy, Homer, imagination, Lindsey Crittenden, Making It Up, memoir, narrative, narrative manipulation, novels, Odysseus, Odyssey, Penelope, Penelope Lively, story-making, The Photograph, Ulysses, Why There Are Words, writing fiction | 1 Comment

It’s Only A Dream

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

When I was in third grade, my class took a field trip to Kirby Cove, a small rocky beach just west of the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge. To get there, we had to walk—or in my case, … Continue reading →

Posted in faith, prayer, spirituality, teaching, writing, writing groups | Tagged Danskin, dreaming, dreams, elementary school, Kirby Cove, Lindsey Crittenden, novel-writing, The Water Will Hold You, third grade, writing fiction | 2 Comments

All You Need Is Love

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

I’ve been thinking in terms of grand, declarative statements: Writing fiction is an act of love. Fiction depends upon empathy. Writing fiction is a moral act. Fiction is amoral. Fiction is true. Fiction depends on lies. Beauty is truth, and … Continue reading →

Posted in agents, craft, faith, teaching, writing | Tagged " Denis Johnson, " Edith Wharton, "Roman Fever, Araby, Aristotle, Barn Burning, Bullet in the Brain, Captain Ahab, empathy, Everything That Rises Must Converge, ficion writing, fiction, Fiction Intensive, Flannery O'Connor, Grace Paley, How Far She Went, Humbert Humbert, James Joyce, Laurie Ann Doyle, Lindsey Crittenden, Lolita, Madame Merle, Mary Hood, metanoia, Moby-Dick, Portrait of a Lady, The Little Girl, Tobias Wolff, UC Berkeley Extension, William Faulkner, Work, writing fiction | 4 Comments

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Lindsey Crittenden

It’s been a good couple weeks on the fiction front. First, though, a confession: I haven’t written in months – written written, that is. My work has taken a backseat to wedding planning, helping organize two major moves (fiancé in; … Continue reading →

Posted in community, craft, reading, teaching, writing, writing groups | Tagged blog, Cody Gates, fiction, Fiction Intensive, fiction workshop, fiction writing, Good Letters, Jane Anne Staw, Laurie Ann Doyle, Lindsey Critenden, revision, Rincon, Ryan Sloan, UC Berkeley Extension, writers' group, writing fiction | Comments Off

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