twitter recap

For those of you who don’t follow me on Twitter @ebszabo here’s what you missed. Enjoy:

#6WordStory Plot in six! “Failed SAT. Lost Scholarship. Invented Rocket.” #WilliamShatner @WilliamShatner #SaveSciFi #CliFi #CreativeWriting

#SixWordStory Plot in six! “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” #ErnestHemingway #ShortShortFiction #FlashFiction #CreativeWriting #Fiction

#6WordStory Plot in six! “Longed for him. Got him. Shit.” #MargaretAtwood @MargaretAtwood #CreativeWriting #FlashFiction #ShortShortFiction

Tangibles evoke #stories. #WritingPrompt: Create a #character and give us their #BackStory by showing what they carry in their pockets.

#subtext & #WritingDialogue: people don’t always say what they mean & they don’t know everything they feel.  That’s why god created subtext

#OrsonScottCard “What matters in the opening is the structure: viewpoint, voice, event, cause” @OrsonScottCard #creativeWriter #storyOpening

“virtuosity of showing us the darkness.” praise for #MargaretAtwood from  #HarvardPresidentDrewFaust @MargaretAtwood

“Why don’t you make more bread?” #RosalieHarrington Writers listen for layered meaning, as if you are reading. Write what you hear #subtext

“Wear your pants inside out” #MargoCasey #GreatWriting is #mutiny #turbulence #revolution #BreakTheRules #CreativeWriting #Fiction