"The brothers Potter start with
nothing but innocence to
overcome barriers to creating
magic with their music.
Beautifully written with
countless inspired moments,
East Bench is sure to become
a classic for young adults
and Baby Boomers alike."
Before I get too ahead of myself, let me back up a bit and tell you the story behind the book East Bench. By the time my family moved to Salt lake City in May 1962, I was about to finish up 4th grade in my third school during the same academic calendar year! My [...]
I soon learned that Catholic school was fanatical about memorizing. Each day was a regimen of memorizing and regurgitating information that included multiplication tables, spelling, basic scientific principles, and especially incomprehensible religious doctrine. Mrs. Bauldoff introduced the class to a religious text called The Baltimore Catechism, memorizing Catholic precepts in the [...]
I started kindergarten at the tender age of four. My first school was Dunigan Elementary in Bridgeport, Connecticut. My older brother and sister called it Dunigan’s Dungeon. By the time I finished 2nd grade I was seven years old and ill prepared for third grade because of cultivating poor study habits. [...]
So, You Want to be a Writer?
Fiction Writing Tips
By Theresa Laster Vivanco
All Rights Reserved 2009
In earlier blogs, we discussed classic story structure, starting with Initial Harmony and Harmony Disturbed. Next we discussed The Hero and The Mission or Quest. Now we will carry our story into Tests, Trials and Tribulations, where is where most [...]
Fiction Writing Tip #6, Classic Story Structure, Part Two
So, You Want to be a Writer?
Fiction Writing Tips
By Theresa Laster Vivanco
All Rights Reserved 2009
In Fiction Writing tip #5, we discussed Initial Harmony and Harmony Disturbed. In this fiction writing tip blog, we’ll discuss two more additional parts of a well-structured story.
The Hero (or anti-Hero) arrives
Once [...]
