“It reminds me of the line (French novelist Marcel) Proust had, which was ‘This is going to be a long letter because I don’t have time to write a short one.’ This is like going onstage with a violin and only knowing the scales, and I’m going to try and play a song. “It’s going to be challenging to keep this story at 1,800 words,” Sweeney said. It included Joyce Carol Oates, who I love, and her take on short-story writing.”Īfter absorbing her online classes, Sweeney has started her project. “It was just $120, and it’s been quite impactful. “I took a master class during the quarantine,” Sweeney said.
Then build a house.’ It was so arrogant of me to think that I could just do this.”įortunately, Sweeney has had time to research short-story writing. When Carolyn asked me about writing a short story, it was like being asked, ‘Do you like houses?’ Sure.
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“I didn’t know how to write a short story when I started this,” Sweeney said. However, Sweeney, 60, didn’t think about her lack of writing experience until she sat down to craft her story, which is about the Mount St. I think this is a great time for someone like me to try something different.
“What I’m working on has changed my life,” Sweeney said while calling from her Los Angeles home. The fictional work is Sweeney’s first since her days at Gonzaga Prep. Thanks to her friend Carolyn Lamberson, The Spokesman Review’s senior editor for special projects, the “Saturday Night Live” alum is working on her first short story. Kennedy’s publicist said that when the album is finished, the veteran recording artist will speak about the finished project.Īnd then there is Spokane’s favorite daughter, Julia Sweeney. When that occurs, the Alter Bridge singer-songwriter is detached regardless of what is happening with the outside world. When the pandemic started, Kennedy, 50, noted that he was deep in the songwriting process. South Hill resident Myles Kennedy is writing songs but is keeping it close to the vest. What are artists working on during the novel coronavirus? A pair of prominent Spokane entertainers are in the middle of their creative process. The fallout of 9/11 moved recording artists to create deep and personal material. The turbulence of the Vietnam War inspired some of the greatest protest songs in rock history and some exceptional films.
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