Writing and Reading Short Stories – Open Courseware at MIT

Rather or not I go back to college via my local college, I am going to take a few classes at MIT this fall. Specifically I am going to take some Open Courseware classes through MIT on writing. These are previously offered classes that have been made available, along with lecture notes and other information, [...]

Writing Course: Lesson 3

I was pleasantly surprised to discover that I picked up lessons one and two quickly from memory of having taken them two years ago, so have advanced to lesson three of the How to Think Sideways course for this week.

I will still be building on the skills learned (and relearned) in lesson two as [...]

Writing Course – lessons 1 and 2

Having taken this course before, I have a small advantage in some of the lessons I am able to consolidate and complete sooner than the usual two weeks to a month each.

That is the case with lessons one and two. I know the material already, so I just need to skim lesson one and [...]

Midlife Crisis of a Writer

So, midlife crisis strikes and most people will go out and buy a sports car, or quit their job, or maybe get divorced. Me? I’m three days shy of the big four-oh and have come to the determination that I have to stop letting external influences sidetrack my dreams of being an author.

My mom [...]