Wordgrove Post & Review

Quoted in the Grove:

The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.
~E L Doctorow

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader – not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.
~E L Doctorow

There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there’s only narrative.
~E L Doctorow

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Posted from the Grove:

This week’s reduced crop of new work on the Prewritten and Impromptu benches, if regrettable, does open a door to other opportunities. Below are links to TED Talks that relate specifically to writers and the creative process. The titles are self explanatory. One speaker was included on both lists, so is listed separately. Ms Gilbert provides context and a splendid introduction to both series

12 Essential TED Talks for Writers
http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2010/08/17/12-essential-ted-talks-for-writers/

4 Must-See TED Talks On Creativity, Inspiration & Passion
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-mustsee-ted-talks-creativity-inspiration-passion/

Elizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius
http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html

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Prewritten for Thurs (05/16) 5 pm PT/8 ET is:

Roanoke, the Lost Colony. People simply disappeared. A single word was found carved on a post at the site. Croatoan. It was the name of a local tribe

There are two mysteries, really. The manner of their disappearance, and that this word appeared on the lips and final writings of several famously doomed and disappeared people from history. The prompt for this Thurs’ Prewritten: Give a creative turn to the mystery based on the word, Croatoan. Paragraph #4 of the link below provides the most intriguing information on the disappearances connected to this word

http://anilbalan.com/2011/10/17/the-croatoan-mystery/

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@Writers Platform
Glass Table:

~Piffin: Coffee Break
There is a danger that lurks in secrets, and some things are best left unseen, unheard, unknown; the urine soaked terror of witnessing the forbidden; crime and horror that cannot be unseen

Prewritten: A train whistles, but there are no tracks nearby

~BarTalk: The Weasel

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Impromptu: A long evening of talk about writing, but no writing was done. Worth every minute of it

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