Executive Director of the @CarnegieCenter in Lexington. Writer. Kentucky Great Writers Series Coordinator. Avid Reader. Advocate for KY authors. She/her
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Breathing Life into Characters - WRITERS HELPING WRITERS® buff.ly/439PyLo @lisapoisso #writing #amwriting
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The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.
TERRY PRATCHETT
#amwriting #writing
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Writing Lessons, my new podcast, is part of my work as #KYPoetLaureate. It’s made to be used by teachers or by anyone who wants to learn more about creative writing. Available on all platforms, including NPR. #TeamKY
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📖 Happy PRIDE AND PREJUDICE DAY!
#OnThisDay in 1813 #PrideandPrejudice was published whilst #JaneAusten was living in this very House.
🌟 We now know this day as #PrideandPrejudiceDay and celebrate this globally beloved novel!
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I’ve worked w/ many writers who have shied away from exposition in their manuscripts b/c they’re worried that providing exposition will make them “tell” rather than “show.”
But the truth is, some exposition is important & necessary in every story. A 🧵:
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If you’re considering traditional publishing, you’ve probably heard a lot about the “Big Five” publishing houses in the US.
But who are the Big Five, & what do you need to know about them? A #publishing 🧵:
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I think new writers are too worried it has all been said before. Sure it has, but not by you. #screenwriting
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Even w/ the best story idea, compelling characters & a solid plot, your story won’t resonate if the writing falls flat.
In editing hundreds of novels, I’ve compiled 5 common examples of weak writing I often see, so you can identify & correct them in your own WIP (#amwriting 🧵):
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This is what I would be doing on TV without writers.
Writers are asking for fairness: when the studios invest millions into producing a film or series, they can pay for the value writers create. #WGAStrong #WGAStrike @WGAEast @WGAWest
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This is 100% anecdotal but last year I did not get selected for RevPit. But the next month, I got another mentorship and then 3 months later I was agented and 2 months after that, my book sold at auction. ✨ Rejection ✨ brings with it a false sense of finality. Don’t believe it.
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When I write a screenplay, I create an emotional map, where the characters are, where they’re going and where they’ve been. #screenwriting
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Congratulations to Ada Limón, USA (@adalimon) for her #2023GriffinPoetryPrize longlisted collection, The Hurting Kind!
Publisher: Corsair Poetry (@littlebrown)
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Back in 2009: Dreaming about being a writer. Couldn’t get published. About 250 agent rejections.
This week: The Devil Takes You Home is one of the best books of 2022 according to NPR, the Chicago Tribune, and The Guardian.
When I say “Don’t stop” I mean “DON’T FUCKING STOP.”
Jennifer Hester Mattox retweeted
“Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.”
― Anne Sexton
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The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let the dead things go.
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Three months ago I heard Salman Rushdie speak at the PEN World Voices Festival. He said: “A poem cannot stop a bullet. A novel can’t defuse a bomb … But we are not helpless … We can sing the truth & name the liars.” We must tell better stories than the tyrants.
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If you want to know why some of us are so angry, read the replies to this story.
The rain continued in parts of eastern Kentucky on Friday, and creeks and rivers were still swelling. Though floodwaters were receding, the destruction of the past two days was coming into view. At least 25 people had died, according to state officials. nyti.ms/3Q2J0GO
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A helpful infographic from @carlywatters on the difference between literary, upmarket, and commercial fiction. I *thought* I knew, but now I definitely know. carlywatters.com/2015/11/16/…