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Genre Corner 1

Episodic Writing:  A Scots Quair

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By Lehua Wells

Are you a great story teller in a tea shop or around a campfire but a total loss at writing the Great American Novel?
 
A few months ago I enjoyed a lively visit with Eila Algood when she interviewed me on Zoom for her program Inside the Writers Studio.  At first, I was terrified of Zoom and of being in the spotlight but Eila was so much fun she made me very comfortable. 

 For a few years I've been doing what I call "episodic writing" and I talked a little about what I mean by that. We wanted to keep the interview short and concise so I didn't want to do any noodling or diversions by mentioning how I became inspired about that when I found a huge tome called A Scots Quair by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, the story of a woman's life. 
 
A few chapters along I was intrigued to realize that each chapter could stand alone if isolated.  Each one was a complete story with a beginning, middle, and end, yet they were embraced soundly within the full novel. 

When I tried it out, I was so tickled! This was me!  

Since then, I've been writing a minimum of one story per night and often more. 

 I now have collections such as Growing up in Waikiki, The Kalij Family, and I Got Pigged!  

This approach may not be for you, we're all so different, but I hope you enjoy taking a look at it. 
 

[Some of Lehua’s episodic writing can be found in the Volcano Writers Group’s 
newly published book Out of our Minds: Voices from the Mist]
 
[Lehua’s interview on Inside the Writers Studio can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o29TMnosmng ]

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