Writing the Intangibles
A teenager once wrote to me wanting to know something about me for a report. She fired off the usual litany of questions – what kind of pets do you have, where did you grow up, why do you like ketchup so much. But she included one that I couldn’t answer adequately. She asked, “What topics do you like to write about?” This question was difficult because the phrasing was such that it turned the whole process inside out. Read More...
