Category Archives: Rhobin’s round robin

This month, Rhobin wants to know about our nonfiction writing. Reality resides in my computer. That horror story you think you live in is an illusion, thank Heavens. Please consider a very small selection of examples: War It’s not just … Continue reading →

Our assignment this month is: “Do you have any character habits or favorite words that always crop up in your writing?” Well, yes. My current one is a great tendency to start sentences with “Well…” But when I think back … Continue reading →

Marci Baun came up with our Round Robin topic for July, 2021: “Deleting scenes: Do you ever delete scenes? When and why do you delete them? And what do you do with them? Do you save them? Or just toss … Continue reading →

Rhobin’s homework in the merry month of June (yes, I know) is “In your writing, how do you recognize and overcome plot problems or failures?” Nowadays, when I struggle with plot glitches, they tend to be in the books of … Continue reading →

Our topic for May, 2021 is: Does writing change the author? Do you think your writing has changed you in any significant way? It’s a good day when I learn something new. All my life, research, study, learning has been … Continue reading →

Rhobin Courtright would like me to tell you where I find names for my characters. The first thing is, I am NOT going to quote from Romeo and Juliet. Instead, I’ll use Hit and Run as a case study. The … Continue reading →

We Rhobin’s Rounders have written about tension before, but that was illustrating it in use. Here are several examples from my writing. My way of composing a story is to be an obedient scribe to my characters. They tell me … Continue reading →

Rhobin Courtright’s question for her faithful bloggers: “Where do you get your ideas for stories?” This is recycled from the introduction of my anthology, Through Other Eyes: A writer is not just a person who writes. Almost anybody can write, … Continue reading →