Why use the same boring old textbooks over and over for writing classes? If you could build your own creative writing textbook with your favorite stories, poems, and excerpts, what would it contain?
Over at Beatrice.com, short story writer Nalini Jones, the author of What You Call Winter, is building an imaginary mix tape that contains all her favorite short stories. Check out her list, and start building your own in the comments section. I'll post mine later this week. Check it out.
How are social networking and instant blog sites like Twitter changing the ways we tell stories? Over at Smith Magazine, Larry Smith muses about a suicide letter posted on Twitter--required reading for all storytellers.
Finally, graduating journalism student Sean Blanda has some uncomfortable, but practical, advice for fledgling writers. His "Why Journalists Need To Be Selfish" essay lays out the writing market without a single illusion:
"Unfortunately, no one is going to help the next generation of writers. That’s not to say that no one wants to, but no one can. It up to us to help ourselves and each other."
God bless Journerdism for the link.
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