Comments on: How to Write a Story

By: N.T.

N.T. — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:56:35 +0000

I just stumbled on this blog by accident from a Google search. This is wonderful, poetic and creepy. It reminds me a bit of some of Julio Cortazar’s short prose pieces, crossed with someone’s eerie recurring dream. As soon as I read the first part of your instructions — “The first step is waking up.” — I knew that this wasn’t going to be WikiHow territory.

By: Cassie

Cassie — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:54:47 +0000

Wow. I’m very confused. I write sucky stuff until I run out of ideas. Then I pout for a while and try again with a whole new story. Same characters, usually same plot. I try to change some of it, but it always turns out the same: something that won’t be touched again for a very loooong time.

By: Ursula Pflug

Ursula Pflug — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:22:17 +0000

Quite beautiful and feels familiar. What’s that word–interstitial. It could as easily have become a story as a blog post about the mystery of creativity.

By: Andre

Andre — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:37:29 +0000

Weird… my tattos indicate a different destination. No motel room, no old man, no stairs, no typewriters.

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

Robert Jackson Bennett — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:23:55 +0000

Hi Holley! Thank you! Your review was actually the very first review I read of my very first book as a first time author. So it does hold a very special place in my heart.

By: Philip Palmer

Philip Palmer — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:14:58 +0000

This is one scary anecodote. Robert, the rest of us don’t GET these tattoos. (But we do sleep under park benches.)

By: Holley

Holley — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:34:04 +0000

I loved Mr. Shivers!
http://holleyshouse.blogspot.com/2009/07/mr-shivers-by-robert-jackson-bennett.html

By: Ken St. Andre

Ken St. Andre — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:33:09 +0000

I don’t have tatoos on the palms of my hands. Maybe that is what is making story writing such a difficult art. Thanks for sharing your secrets. I’d like to see some the stuff you write.