Monthly Archives: March 2013

Forming Characters

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Multiple Viewpoints

by Leonard Bishop Fiction writers are alchemists. They draw together scraps of illusion and transform them into readable realities. Major characters must have size. Great ambitions, exaggerated passions, fascinating minds, superhuman capacities for love and hate, and monumental capabilities. If … Continue reading →

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Step Right Up; Get Your Ticket!

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Multiple Viewpoints

  by Leonard Bishop My career and life are ruined and I am in a desperate search–all because of the short story I could not write. The plot was too complicated, the characters were too complex, the meaning too deep … Continue reading →

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Small Town Living Lacks Anonymity

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Multiple Viewpoints

by Leonard Bishop                     Everything has been written about before–but to the innocent( the ignorant, to0), the trite can be original. Living in a small town like  Herington  is causing me to worry about my family, and I’m beginning to doubt … Continue reading →

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“Writing” is a Partial Solution

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Multiple Viewpoints

by Leonard Bishop I’m going to view what I write now, through a long-standing memory. Some will be about myself, some about what I have learned. Until I was 18 years old I was just a street punk who only … Continue reading →

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