The Story Brief
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Would you rather talk about writing or write?
I have loved writing as long as I can remember, but it wasn’t until about twenty years ago that I decided to write regularly with a view towards having my work read.
I began with short stories shared with writing groups that met once a mon...
What if you like your book's ending but no one else does?
Endings are unique, a few words that have a life of their own.
I always enjoy playing with the ending, writing several as they come to me along the way.
However, my readers don’t always dig the last few words of my books as much as I do...
How war changes us
April 28th is always a day of reflection for me.
On April 28, 1942, my parents, Helen Chandler and Robert Woodfin, married in a small Southern Baptist church in East Texas. My dad’s brother, the pastor of the church, performed the ceremony...
Thoughts on Starting Novel 13
I’m a pantser, not a plotter, although along the way, I have a sense of where things may be going in my book. That method sounds vague to writers who outline their work and use their first outline as a jumping-off place for their second, an...
Parkinson's impact on creative writing
Almost exactly five years ago, while we were moving from one home to another, I noticed that one or two fingers on my dominant hand were quivering now and then. I attributed that to fatigue from lifting a lot of furniture and boxes. Six mon...
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Stephen Woodfin writes novels and short stories and coaches writers.
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