"Are you dreaming in their language?" A line from the recent science fiction film Arrival, starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner who play a linguist and a mathematician tasked with communicating with alien visitors. The two discuss how dreaming in a language denotes that a special line of language acquisition has been crossed--the subconscious is now expressing itself … Continue reading Scripting a Dream: Authorship as Language
Month: November 2016
How To Change The World
A brief view into the poetry writing process of my student writing group, how to deal with themes that do not fit your mood, and the resulting poem I wrote.
The Fate of the Polished Stone
A meaningful gift becomes a symbol of what it means to work together as authors. As always, my students inspire me more than I could ever imagine.
My experience with Flash Fiction Challenge and why you should write outside your genre TODAY
I love writing competitions. I don't always love the genres I get assigned. But I'm learning to appreciate what they can teach me.
Kelli Fitzpatrick 