I once heard Spike Lee talk to a room full of screenwriters about how to begin building a story. He didn’t start with structure or theme. He started with something much simpler. “Go to Staples,” he said, “or any office supply store, and buy a stack of three-by-five index cards.” Keep them handy. Every time […]
I have a bonsai growing in my bedroom. It is eleven inches tall, and it may be decades old. I don’t know exactly how old. What I do know is that it does not grow on its own terms. Not entirely. I water it. I turn it toward the light. I prune it. I decide […]
A Green Mountain Writers feature for those who missed our recent Monday Morning Poetry Session… Robert Frost is often introduced as Vermont’s beloved poet laureate, a gentle observer of woods, stone walls, and snowy evenings. We recite his lines in school, quote him on calendars, and imagine him walking country lanes with a notebook in […]
“As a reviewer, you bring together the two strands of accurate, analytical reading and strong, personal response when you indicate what the book is about and what it might mean to a reader (by explaining what it meant to you). In other words, reviewers answer not only the WHAT but the SO WHAT question about […]
Author Robert Merrick Fuller launches memoir with Green Mountain Writers Group on Zoom… In a world that often rushes past life’s quiet moments, Robert Merrick Fuller has chosen to slow down, look back, and offer something rare: a memoir not of fame or spectacle, but of meaning. His debut book, A Horse-Drawn Sickle Bar Cutter: […]
