A Writer's Moment
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Saturday, May 21, 2022
A Writer's Moment: 'These Make Humanity'
'These Make Humanity'
“Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity. These are its sign and note and character.” – Robert Browning
Some writers say love is a major influence on how and what they write, but in Browning’s case it was THE influence in his career. Languishing as a middle-of-the-road poet at best, he fell in love with Elizabeth Barrett, one of England’s most prominent female writers in the 1840s. Their love fired his writing and led her to write her famous love sonnets, highlighted by the well-known "How do I love thee?" Disinherited by her father and rejected by Elizabeth's brothers, the couple moved to Italy where they lived until her death from tuberculosis. Her work, particularly the love poems, placed her among the all-time leading poets. For Saturday’s Poem here is Barrett Browning’s,
How Do I Love Thee?
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. |
Friday, May 20, 2022
A Writer's Moment: 'At Least Be A Nuisance'
'At Least Be A Nuisance'
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Thursday, May 19, 2022
A Writer's Moment: 'Everything Becomes Copy'
'Everything Becomes Copy'
“My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next.” – Nora Ephron
Ephron, who died of cancer in 2012, said this about writing women’s scenes:
“I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are.”Share A Writer’s Moment with friends
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