Category: Corner Post: A Guide to Creating a Writing Life
Corner Post: The Window Between
James BrazielMay 03, 2016
When writing projects come to an end, step back and recharge. Allow yourself to write short, incomplete things, the fragments that help...
Corner Post: “Get a Rhythm”
James BrazielOct 30, 2015
First thing in the morning read something—a poem, half a story, an essay, a thesaurus entry. Just get your mind immersed in words....
Corner Post: “Getting Through the Dark Hours”
James BrazielOct 16, 2015
The thing about novel writing is that the old cliché about rolling with the punches is absolutely true. Flash fiction and short stories...
Corner Post: “The Intangibles”
James BrazielJul 05, 2015
In my last essay, I talked about the practical side to creating a writing life—balancing money, time, and place. This month I want...
Corner Post: “Gumption”
James BrazielMay 19, 2015
For me a writing life has always been determined by three things—money, time, and place. And never have I had an abundance of all...
Corner Post: “Dirty Your Hands”
James BrazielMar 25, 2015
Tapping on a computer keyboard always reminds me of when I played the piano as a kid. Back then the tapping made music. Now, words. Both...
Corner Post: “When the Work Calls You To It”
James BrazielFeb 13, 2015
A friend of mine told me this once. He is an artist and I was asking him about time, about finding, making time for art with everything...
Corner Post: Start a New Year Writing Cycle
James BrazielDec 29, 2014
In December I jot down what writing got done and what didn’t over the past 12 months. Then I work on the house my wife and I...
Corner Post: “Questions of Risk”
James BrazielNov 13, 2014
Main characters need a stake in their story. The answer rarely comes in the first drafts for me, but at some point, I halfway figure...
Corner Post: “Stop Time”
James BrazielOct 09, 2014
What is your writing plan? When I ask my students this question, some have the next ten years mapped out. Some tell me plans...
Corner Post: “Develop a Second Sight”
James BrazielSep 11, 2014
When I was growing up, working on fences with my father and my brother, the corner post was the most important. It determined how tight our...