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Claire Murray
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Sep 21
Write What You Know
When I first started writing for Deadwood Writers’ Voices a few months ago, I agonized over what I was going to write about. Then I went to California. There I read some letters that members of my family, who I’d heard about but never met, had written long ago. The letters brought them to life. …
Aug 21
What Happened to Abram’s Money?
What did happen to Abram’s money? He never made it to Switzerland so he couldn’t have taken the money out or sent it to America. I used to wonder, when I was a child, and my Mom entertained us each night before bed by telling us stories about her two trips to Europe and how …
Jul 21
Why Go to Switzerland?
Just as suspense keeps a story going and your audience interested, there comes a point when you have to tell them what happened. You have to answer the questions you’ve implied or asked directly earlier in the piece. Why did Abram insist on stopping off in Switzerland first and then coming to America second? The …
Jun 21
Suspense
Suspense! That’s what brings readers back again and again. If you want your readers to keep reading, you have to give them a reason to go to the next paragraph, turn the page or come back a month later. That’s why I ended my blog last month the way I did. What did happen to …
May 21
Abram
After two serious pieces, I was planning on writing a lighter, more humorous blog, this month, something more tied to my first piece which came out in February. That seems so long ago. It’s hard to believe that I once was having a problem thinking of something to write about. Then I reread the comments …