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Monthly Archives: November 2021

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On Creating a Voice

On Creating a Voice

Of the many lessons learned over seven years of writing Line of Flight, one of the most challenging was figuring out the voice of my narrator, Simone Levitsky. I knew in my gut that I needed to tell the story from her point of view, and I wrote...

November 22, 2021 Evelyn Herwitz character development, point of view, stylistic choices 0 Comments
In the Trenches

In the Trenches

You can travel the world on the internet, but you can only go so far. About nine months into writing the first draft of my WWI novel, including a 20,000-word false start, I realized that I needed to see and feel the landscapes that existed only...

November 12, 2021 Evelyn Herwitz HWK, Le Linge, research, Vosges Mountains, WWI Battlefields 0 Comments
Eighteen Minutes

Eighteen Minutes

Chances are, you’ve heard of the Titanic. On April 15, 1912, the great British transatlantic steamer struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. More than 1,500 souls lost their lives in...

November 4, 2021 Evelyn Herwitz Lusitania, Titanic, Woodrow Wilson 2 Comments
A Pigeon Waddles into a Scene

A Pigeon Waddles into a Scene

One of my favorite pieces of writing advice comes from Ann Lamott in Bird by Bird. First drafts are incredibly hard to write and often lousy. She is more blunt: For me and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact, the...

November 4, 2021 Evelyn Herwitz Ann Lamott, first drafts, Grub Street, pigeons 0 Comments
Why Write About World War I?

Why Write About World War I?

Inspiration comes when you least expect it. Seven years ago, when I decided to write a novel, I had no idea what it would be about. After a decade of wrestling with short stories, I finally realized that I prefer to read long fiction. So why...

November 3, 2021 Evelyn Herwitz Gertrude Stein, National WWI Museum, Otto Dix, woman ambulance drivers 0 Comments
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