by Suzanne Davis | Dec 3, 2020 | Writing Process
Are you compelled to write? Do you sit in front of your computer dying to write your story, poem, memoir, or research paper? Are words flowing from your brain faster than you can capture them? Most of us don’t feel that way every day. We need something to stir...
by Suzanne Davis | Dec 12, 2019 | Writing Essays and Papers, Writing Prompts
“Description is what makes the reader a sensory participant in the story.” –Stephen King Stephen King wrote about description in stories. But the same advice is correct for descriptive essays. Get your readers engaged by making them sense and...
by Suzanne Davis | Sep 12, 2019 | Writing Essays and Papers
To be a person is to have a story to tell. –Isak Dinesen What stories are within you? A personal narrative is a story from your life. So, it is simple to write. Maybe. If you come up with an experience you’re dying to share–it is easy to get...
by Suzanne Davis | Jun 12, 2019 | Writing Prompts
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” -William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18 Summer always seems too short to me (especially in New York). We have 3 months to enjoy vegetable and flower gardens. Two months to enjoy swimming in pools, and Adirondack lakes....
by Suzanne Davis | Jan 16, 2019 | Writing Prompts
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings… turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings” –William Arthur Ward. Gratitude lets you see wonders in life—even when you think life is horrible. On days when you think “what...