Questions about Questions
Click on this link to go to his poem featured this past April at Borzoi’s poem-a-day.
Author Archive for: bethaot2
Entries by Bethany
It’s Postcard Month
August is poetry postcard month, and though I’ve resisted the temptation for a few years, this year I’m back at it, thanks to timely pressure from my friend Carla. Here are my excuses. 1. I’m teaching a class this summer. 2. I’m busy with my daughters in the summer and any semblance of a routine […]
Think a New Thought
“Your first task as a creative person is to ‘mind your mind’ and think thoughts that serve you. Doesn’t it make sense to speak to yourself in ways that help you create more deeply and more regularly, that allow you to detach more effectively from the everyday chaos of ordinary life, that decrease your anxiety […]
Billy Wilder’s Ten Rules of Good Filmmaking
My friend Beverly sent me this list, with a note, “Works for novels, too.” Billy Wilder’s ten rules of good filmmaking: 1: The audience is fickle. 2: Grab ‘em by the throat and never let ‘em go. 3: Develop a clean line of action for your leading character. 4: Know where you’re going. 5: The […]