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What Dad Taught Me About Storytelling

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:48:50 +0000

My dad was an avid storyteller, and it was from listening to him that I learned how to tell a good story. My dad was especially good at painting a picture, remembering (and making up dialogue) and adding in background information about the people in his stories. He was fond of telling the same stories [...]

Where Has All the Great Writing Gone?

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:47:46 +0000

I picked up a couple of New Yorker magazines a few weeks ago. Many aspiring writers believe that if you are pubished in the New Yorker, you have made it. That may have been true when writers like John Updike and John Cheever graced their pages, but is it still true today? I won’t tell [...]

How Do You Really Learn to Write Good Fiction?

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:43:14 +0000

This is the first in a series of posts I want to dedicate to the question, “How do you really learn to write good fiction?” Okay, first of all, when I use the word “good,” it encompasses a few basic concepts. The list could be very long, but here is my list: 1. It sells. [...]

Why Writing?

Thu, 06 May 2010 16:51:48 +0000

I have wanted to be a writer for as long as I can remember, but it took a while for me to realize just how much. I gave in to it one night while I was still living with my parents. I was probably around 20. I hadn’t decided what I wanted to do with my [...]

Hello World!

Sat, 01 May 2010 23:18:38 +0000

Welcome to my redesigned blog! If you have visited this site before and want to continue to read my posts on leadership, please go to http://teamleaderconnection.com. Teamleaderconnection.com will be the permanent site of all things leadership. Barbgerron.com will be more of a personal blog. I have wanted to be a writer for as long as I could remember, somewhere [...]