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To Outline or Not to Outline?

ccyager wrote 1 month ago: An existential question, no, but a question that pops up in writer interviews regarding the creative … more →

Tags: writing, Fiction, Perceval, Novel, to outline a story, screenplay, series of novels as one long story

The Pianist1 comment

ccyager wrote 2 months ago: Virtuoso:  1. an experimenter or investigator especially in the arts and sciences; 2. one skilled in … more →

Tags: writing, Classical Music, conductors, Fiction, Minnesota Orchestra, Perceval, Marketing, Yevgeny Sudbin, Osmo Vanska

Freedom of Choice4 comments

ccyager wrote 2 months ago: Americans want choice.  Anyone might conclude this by walking through retail stores, grocery stores, … more →

Tags: writing, conductors, Fiction, The Future, Perceval, freedom of choice, control in dystopia, the next big thing vs. the last big thing, 2048

Characters in Love3 comments

ccyager wrote 4 months ago: First came courage, then came guilt, and now love!  Characters in love.  Not in lust.  When two char … more →

Tags: writing, conductors, Fiction, Perceval, Novels, characters in love, writing sex scenes, MICHAEL JACKSON, writing love scenes

On Courage20 comments

ccyager wrote 5 months ago: Last night as I was falling asleep (or tossing and turning, depending on the point of view), a porti … more →

Tags: writing, Classical Music, conductors, Fiction, Perceval, Novels, Courage

What's in a Name?

ccyager wrote 5 months ago: Plenty, for fictional characters.  I’ve been working on a short story with a female protagonis … more →

Tags: writing, Fiction, Perceval, Novels, Naming Characters, names, Randall Quinn, Joseph Caine

Are Jobs Important?1 comment

ccyager wrote 7 months ago: In the last few weeks, I’ve stumbled across a book several times that’s coming out this … more →

Tags: writing, Fiction, Novels, Alain de Botton, the pleasures and sorrows of work, characters' jobs, Bart Schneider, Michael Ondaatje, Edith Wharton

Mischa Santora and the Minnesota Orchestra

ccyager wrote 7 months ago: Evan Quinn’s predecessor at the Minnesota Orchestra, Associate Conductor Mischa Santora, condu … more →

Tags: Classical Music, conductors, Fiction, Research, writing, Leila Josefowicz, Minnesota Orchestra, Mischa Santora, Orchestras

Paying Attention as a Writer

ccyager wrote 7 months ago: Could the future of classical music be found on YouTube?  An article in last week’s Time by Vi … more →

Tags: writing, Research, Classical Music, conductors, Fiction, The Future, Future, Perceval, Money

The Minnesota Orchestra

ccyager wrote 9 months ago: In the beginning of Perceval, American conductor Evan Quinn is conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in … more →

Tags: writing, Classical Music, conductors, Fiction, The Future, Minnesota Orchestra, Perceval, Mischa Santora, European Tour

Sticks and Drones: Conductor Blog1 comment

ccyager wrote 1 year ago: As I’ve done additional research about conductors and their lives, I’d hoped that I … more →

Tags: Classical Music, conductors, Fiction, Research, writing, Minnesota Orchestra, Inside the Classics, Musicians, Perceval

Politics in 2048 -- An American Dystopia?5 comments

ccyager wrote 1 year ago: With the shocking and sad news of NBC political journalist and “Meet the Press” host Tim … more →

Tags: writing, Fiction, Politics, Tim Russert, america, The Future, Dystopia, anti-utopia, Science Fiction

The Life of the Long-Distance Conductor....2 comments

ccyager wrote 1 year ago: …or Planes, Trains and Hotels…. Over at the Inside the Classics blog, conductor Sarah Ha … more →

Tags: writing, Classical Music, conductors, Fiction, Orchestras, Perceval, conductors traveling, Character Development, Georg Solti

Research: Conductors and Conducting -- Part 2

ccyager wrote 1 year ago: Where to begin with my research into conductors and conducting?  I worked at Orchestra Hall for the … more →

Tags: writing, Research, Classical Music, conductors, Fiction, Conducting, Perceval, Novels

MOVIE MUSIC1 comment

ccyager wrote 1 year ago: When someone comments to me that he doesn’t like classical music, that it’s boring and i … more →

Tags: writing, Classical Music, conductors, Fiction, Minnesota Orchestra, Imagination, Conducting, Movie & Music, orchestral music

Perceval Plus Four

ccyager wrote 1 year ago: As I finished a draft of Perceval almost 2 years ago, I couldn’t shake ideas that flooded into … more →

Tags: writing, Fiction, Novels, Series, Tolkien


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