I'll post more from this seminar later, but for now, some things to get you thinking:
Marion Winik, author and NPR commentator: "The things you think you shouldn't do and can't do are the things you should do and can do."
And,
"Writer's block is simply a lack of typing. Sit down and type and then your writer's block is over."
John Luciew, Patriot-News enterprise writer, talked about his long investigative narrative "In the path of a serial killer," the story of how police first suspected the husband of a woman murdered by a serial killer: "I wanted all the key people in the story to be characters, not talking heads." So he did the reporting/writing that enabled him to make them characters in his story.
Chris McDougall, author/freelance writer, who wrote "Born to Run," about a hidden tribe of people who are fantastic distance runners: "Human life is about movement." Same is true of stories, he said; something evolves, something changes. "What's the journey? What's the progression?"
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