by Pat McCaw | Jul 24, 2017 | Pat's Chat
Your heart thuds and your knees wobble and your hands shake and your head whirls and you feel hot and cold and you can’t breathe and your tummy hurts and you can’t believe it’s really happening to you. But it is. It really is. These are the opening lines to You’ve Got...
by Pat McCaw | Jul 13, 2017 | Pat's Chat
Yeah, it happened. I was a teenager in the north woods of Canada holding my bloody filet knife when the old fisherman in the fish house said it. He was dumb enough to insult me when I was armed. I proceeded to clean my walleye with skill, producing filets looking...
by Pat McCaw | May 22, 2017 | Pat's Chat
Voice is one of my favorite craft topics in writing. In order to capture a character’s voice, you need to start with a well-developed character. Your story will change and develop and you need to know how your character’s personality and desires will adapt to every...
by Pat McCaw | May 20, 2017 | Pat's Chat
Many questioned my motives and looked at me with crazy eyes when I went back to school for my Masters in Creative Writing for children at forty-something years old. As a successful physician, I should have success, money, and all the comforts I needed – right? NOPE....
by Pat McCaw | May 19, 2017 | Pat's Chat
As a physician, I see patients with anxiety every day. Yes – every day, and most of the time I discuss stress, depression or a form of anxiety over 50% of my day in the office. The hardest part is when children are worried or anxious and parents feel helpless to make...
