Sydney Avey

Dynamic Woman — Changing Times

endings

Iowa Part ll

Aug 8, 2013 | Learning curve, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing life | 0 Comments

I looked forward to the Eleventh Hour lectures every day. I called them the Elevenses because each presentation refreshed me, like an English morning cuppa.

365 Short Stories (Endings)—Week Twenty-nine

Jul 25, 2013 | 365 short stories, Uncategorized, Writing life | 1 Comment

Authors Mark Poirier and Amber Dermont lectured at the Iowa Summer Writers Festivallast week on Happy Endings. Satisfying endings recall the beginning and add a new insight; leave us with a feeling; surprise us without implausibility; shock us without artifice. This week, I’m paying attention to endings.