My Writer's Journey
Several years ago I attended the Hawaii Writers Conference (now defunct), where Michael Arndt, an Academy Award screenwriter of Little Miss Sunshine, spoke about how to craft a great ending. What Michael Arndt discussed was inspiring. He made a lasting…
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Bapu and Shishya (Part 1) – A Grain of Sand For six days, Shishya, an eight-year-old dark skinned boy, and his guru, Bapu, a white-bearded old man wearing a saffron robe, traveled through a barren land seeking for a…
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What first catches the eye and mind—while browsing through a bookstore for a good read to buy, or flicking through your on-demand movie selections for a good film to watch (ignoring the jacket cover designs)—is the “title.” Title is as…
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Lillian Li won first place in the Glimmer Train Spring 2015 Short-Story Contest for New Writers. Her short story, “Parts of Summer,” will be published in the upcoming Glimmer Train literary magazine. I haven’t read her story but I read…
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