Beth Black

Whatever you choose to share, you’ll be at your best when you fully understand the vocabulary of what has taken place.

You're at home with a keyboard. It's time to write the next great story.

I took the drastic measure of hiding his supply...

It took one look at all the cans and keeled over dead.

Ring-Around-the Rosie!

He's the Pavarotti of the Proboscis, the Ace of Achoos ...

The beginning of our journey to nowhere fast.

QUEUE

Using these two literary devices, we can set a scene or define a character.

Here's a story from my days at UC, Irvine. It's a response tale to a famous short story that uses one element. This one earned an A.

This week, we're going to play! Let's make someone shout into the wind. Let's make someone else ponder his place in the universe

Metonymy is a literary device that allows you to discover your creativity with relativity.

Hailing Frequencies

Go beyond snap, crackle and pop to discover the hidden onomatopoeia in stories you read and write.

When planning this blog, I decided quickly that I didn't want to waste my readers' precious minutes with navel gazing. This blog journey isn't going to be ab...