October 2016 – Princeton Writes

The Writers’ Room is Open

Stephanie Whetstone2016-10-31T11:29:24-04:00

Come hide away at Princeton Writes and work on your creative writing during your lunch hour this week! We will provide a quiet space and coffee or tea. Bring something to write with and your imagination. Bring your lunch, if you like. Come enjoy some private space and unstructured time to write in the company of other creative people! When: Monday, Oct. 31-Friday, Nov. 4, 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.* each day Where: Dillon Court East, Room E08 * Drop in when you can. There is no agenda, just quiet time and space to write.

The Writers’ Room is OpenStephanie Whetstone2016-10-31T11:29:24-04:00

Kurt Vonnegut on Creative Writing

Stephanie Whetstone2020-01-14T13:59:43-05:00

Kurt Vonnegut on Creative Writing Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., one of American literature's foremost satirists, published 14 novels between 1952 and 1997, including his most famous work, Slaughterhouse-Five. In his introduction to Bagombo Snuff Box, a collection of his early short fiction, he offered aspiring writers what he described as "Creative Writing 101" in the form of eight rules. Here they are: Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. Every character should want something, [...]

Kurt Vonnegut on Creative WritingStephanie Whetstone2020-01-14T13:59:43-05:00

gimcrack (JĬM-krăk)

Stephanie Whetstone2016-10-17T12:00:33-04:00

Definition (Adjective) Trivial, worthless; showy but unsubstantial; trumpery. In Context "Even though this policy was never entirely implemented – there were transfers from the metropoles to build colonial infrastructure, pay down debts, and even to pay routine administrative expenses – it meant that the colonial enterprise was run as cheaply as possible: 'a gimcrack effort run by two men and a dog.'" M. A. Thomas, Govern Like Us: U.S. Expectations of Poor Countries, 2015.

gimcrack (JĬM-krăk)Stephanie Whetstone2016-10-17T12:00:33-04:00

sutler (SŬT-lər)

Stephanie Whetstone2016-10-10T12:00:20-04:00

Definition (Noun) One who follows an army or lives in a garrison town and sells provisions to the soldiers. In Context "When a soldier captured more than a sufficiency for his own wants, he would either sell to his comrades or to the brigade sutler." D. Augustus Dickert, History of Kershaw's Brigade, 1899.

sutler (SŬT-lər)Stephanie Whetstone2016-10-10T12:00:20-04:00

codicil (KŎD-ə-sĭl)

Stephanie Whetstone2016-10-03T12:00:02-04:00

Definition (Noun) A supplement to a will, added by the testator for the purpose of explanation, alteration, or revocation of the original contents. In Context "She had amended her will in the year before her death through a codicil executed by a new lawyer; the codicil gave John McCabe 8 million." Alice Schroeder, The Snowball: Warren Buffet and the Business of Life, 2008.

codicil (KŎD-ə-sĭl)Stephanie Whetstone2016-10-03T12:00:02-04:00

Dear Life (2012) by Alice Munro

Stephanie Whetstone2016-10-01T12:17:22-04:00

Critical Assessment “That Alice Munro, now 81, is one of the great short story writers not just of our time but of any time ought to go without saying by now. This new volume — her 14th, not counting a collection of selected stories that came out in 1996 — is further proof of her mastery, and also a reminder that unlike a lot of accomplished short story writers — unlike William Trevor, say, her only living rival — Munro did not hit a characteristic note early on and then stick with it. Over the years her work has deepened and [...]

Dear Life (2012) by Alice MunroStephanie Whetstone2016-10-01T12:17:22-04:00