Category: On Writing
Revenge in writing
I was flicking through an old copy of my local paper when an article caught my eye. They were looking for submissions for a writing competition on the theme of “anniversary” to tie in with the Queens Jubilee celebrations. One drawback – the deadline was that day! Immediately, an idea came to mind. I’d been […]
Susan Vreeland: Fiction and Art
Sometimes I’m baffled about what Tracy Chevalier and I set in motion in 1999 with our two Vermeer novels, my Girl in Hyacinth Blue and her Girl with a Pearl Earring. They both hit the New York Times Bestseller List about the same time, and ever since, there has been a flurry of ekphrasic literature, […]
Documentary writing: Different from fiction?
Margot McCuaig writes fiction and makes documentaries. We asked her if she could provide us an insight into the differences between the two. Writing fiction and writing, producing and directing factual documentary films are different disciplines. To some extent at least the creative processes are poles apart. Fiction is freestyle; it is frequently an embodiment […]
Do you know how your novel will end when you start writing it?
We asked you on twitter! Do you know how your novel will end when you start writing it? — Women Writers (@WomenWriters) August 1, 2014 @WomenWriters yes always! Rough plot first including ending then flesh out from there. — Sally King (@SallyKingUK) August 1, 2014 @WomenWriters: that kind of assumes I have an inkling of […]
Is Reading Still Relevant: Interview with Dr. Ang Sze Wei
Chialin Yu our correspondent on Chinese Women Writers attended the 10th Hong Kong Literature Festival and caught up with Dr. Ang Sze Wei of Hong Kong University’s Department of Comparative Literature.The Hong Kong Public Library had invited her to give a talk called “Why We Read”. Chialin interviewed her on her thoughts about reading, its relevance in […]
How Writing and Gardening Overlaps
“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” -Margaret Atwood This spring, when the first grape hyacinths were pushing their way through the snow, I made a decision to abandon something I love for something I love even more. Although I grew up in a family of avid gardeners, […]
You don’t need support to write: you own your own words
This week @WomenWriters asked on Twitter: How does your family view your writing? Are they supportive? — Women Writers (@WomenWriters) July 20, 2014 My initial response was pretty harsh. @WomenWriters Conversations like this can mislead. We don’t need family support or approval to write. — Racheline Maltese (@racheline_m) July 20, 2014 Who needs support? And […]
The Poetic World of Emily Brontë
We have all read a novel or poem at one time in our lives, maybe in high school or college, and then read it later in life and experienced the work in a different way — usually finding meaning that was absent the first time around. For example, I read Catcher in the Rye in […]
La Belle Creole: Cuba’s earliest Female Author
Alina García-Lapuerta is the biographer of María de las Mercedes de Santa Cruz y Montalvo (often called La Belle Créole), Cuba’s earliest female author. What does writing a biography involve? We asked her. How do you decide to recreate someone’s life? What drives you down a path that twists and turns and often leads to dead […]
What is the best book by a woman writer you’ve read this year? #readwomen2014
What is the best book by a woman writer you’ve read this year? We asked you on twitter. Here are your answers! #readwomen2014 @WomenWriters It’s a draw between Gillian Flynn’s Dark Places and Donna Tartt’s The Little Friend. #readomwne2014 — Isabel Ferreira (@isa_m_ferreira) July 10, 2014 @WomenWriters A God in Every Stone by @kamilashamsie — […]
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