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The Unusual Take on the Usual!

Siddhartha wrote 1 week ago: I have always wondered if reading more makes you less inclined towards being surprised. The more an … more →

Tags: Broodings, Analysis, eye for detail, Growth, Jhumpa Lahiri, john grisham, Nicholas Sparks, Personality, Shakespeare

"Light" Update: Write, Rewrite,... and the Quest to "Get It Right"

saraletourneau wrote 2 weeks ago: I finally started working on Chapter 5 of “Light” a couple weeks ago.  When I opened up … more →

Tags: "Light in the Barrenlands" Update, Creative Writing, fantasy novels, high fantasy, improving your writing, revising your story, Rewrites, Sara Letourneau, The Writing Process

"Light" Update: Inventing Languages2 comments

saraletourneau wrote 2 months ago: Now that my website is almost completed, I think it’s finally time to start giving updates on … more →

Tags: Creative Writing, "Light in the Barrenlands" Update, Sara Letourneau, high fantasy, writing a novel, Finnish Language, J. R. R. Tolkien, languages in novels, fantasy novels

Interview with Julia Gregson: How to write with passion2 comments

Esther Armstrong wrote 6 months ago:       Julia's book East of the Sun won Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2009       They say ever … more →

Tags: Journalism, online journalism, Profile, Bob Dylan, east of the sun, Jasmine Nights, Journalism career, Julian Gregson, Muhammad Ali

Lawrence Dagstine: "The Writing Life..."

Lawrence Dagstine wrote 8 months ago: In the last few weeks I’ve had the honor of giving four different authors and artisans blurbs. … more →

Tags: writing, Dagstine, Fiction, Short Stories, Lawrence Dagstine, Written Word, Writing Fiction, Prolific Authors, prolific

R J Dent on writing

R J Dent wrote 8 months ago:   R J Dent on writing                           Here’s a short video clip of me talking about some a … more →

Tags: film, R J Dent's Books, R J Dent's films, R J Dent, R J Dent on writing, R J Dent film, film on writing, film about writing, on writing

Readers and Writers Networking Sites...

Melissa Morris wrote 10 months ago: In this constant struggle of mine to find (make) time for reading, writing, and discussion, I have j … more →

Tags: Books and Book Reviews, Book Clubs, Books, discussion, Reading, social networking, Writers, writing

Best writing advice5 comments

Melissa Morris wrote 1 year ago: What has been the best writing advice you’ve received?  Or, if you could pick one piece of adv … more →

Tags: writing, Advice, write, writer

How I write

dirtpaws wrote 1 year ago: First off, I am not even going to begin to claim to be a good writer, or even a writer that other pe … more →

Tags: Poetry, Funny, writing, Writing Poems, Writing Blogs, help writing poetry, advice on writing poetry, how i write poetry, how i write blogs

Teaching the Personal Narrative3 comments

Melissa Morris wrote 1 year ago: In the beginning of the school year, we always begin with teaching the students to write about their … more →

Tags: Melissa's Writing, writing, WorDs, Education, Teaching, commitment, writing process, Personal Narrative

Why Do You Write?7 comments

Melissa Morris wrote 1 year ago: Do you write because you want to say something or because you have something to say?  Do your write … more →

Tags: writing, communicating, Purpose, Writers

Grammar Girl and Spooky Story Contest4 comments

Melissa Morris wrote 1 year ago: I have stumbled upon a great podcast called the “Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Bette … more →

Tags: writing, Advice, Books, Submissions, Grammar Girl, contest, Podcasts

Thoughts on Revision5 comments

Melissa Morris wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been taught to teach my students that revising is like “radical surgery” and it really ca … more →

Tags: writing, Revision

There is no such thing as writer's block!4 comments

Melissa Morris wrote 1 year ago: My students hear me say all the time that, “There is no such thing as writer’s block! … more →

Tags: writing, Advice, Notebooks, Writer's Block, Homework, Students

Read Often!

Melissa Morris wrote 1 year ago: When I’ve asked for advice on how to become a better writer, and searched for tips to teach my … more →

Tags: writing, Advice, Reading

On Writing: Flashing Back to Flashbacks

Pat Bertram wrote 1 year ago: In my post on finding a beginning to a novel, I mentioned as an aside that if you have many flashbac … more →

Tags: writing, Books, Blogging, Fiction, Life, Thoughts, Random, musings, Story Elements

When can I call myself a Writer?4 comments

emmalee1 wrote 2 years ago: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America define “professional writer” as … more →

Tags: literature comment, Poet, Poetry, Professional Writer, writer, writing

A Note to My Writing Friends4 comments

the wanderer wrote 2 years ago: I have a lot of friends who write. Some of them write mainly commentary and publish it on their blog … more →

Tags: the broken shore, peter temple, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, how to keep your game tight, why artsy is not artistic


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