Writing Fiction: Find Great Ideas For Your Next Novel
One of the biggest challenges when you’re writing fiction is finding truly good ideas. We discussed finding great ideas in a recent writers’ group meeting. [Read More]
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Creative Writing: Seven Elements of a Great Story
Creative writing is rewarding, fun, and at times, frustrating. Many writers think it would be exciting to get a great novel published but don’t know [Read More]
How to Start a Story: 10 Ways to Get Your Story Off to a Great Start
Perhaps you’ve heard the old publishing proverb: The first page sells the book; the last page sells the next book. I’m convinced there’s a mammoth [Read More]
8 Great Podcasts for Writers and Book Authors
There is a lot of writing advice out there. Perhaps you’ve signed up to read lots of blogs by email, you’ve bought some great writing-related books, [Read More]
10 Great New Literary Journals
The following is a list of 10 very new literary journals. There are many reasons to seek publication in these journals. In my experience, the [Read More]
Why They Aren’t Writing the Great American Novel Anymore
BY TOM WOLFE MAY 15, 2018 This article originally appeared in the December 1972 issue of Esquire. I have no idea who coined the term “the [Read More]
‘The Great Alone’ Writer Kristin Hannah on What Turned a Failed Draft into a Hit
Kristin Hannah’s newest novel, The Great Alone, has landed atop just about every best-seller list since its publication in February, including The New York Times’ [Read More]
Structural Language Is The Foundation Of A Great Story
Writers are wordsmiths. Everyone knows that. Writers pick and choose words, wrap them around each other, and use them to create parallel worlds to the [Read More]
Calling all Indigenous artists and writers! Here is a great contest you should know about!
Indigenous Arts & Stories is providing an opportunity for self-identified Indigenous youth (ages 6 to 29) to express themselves creatively! Indigenous Arts & Stories began [Read More]
Great-grandmother pens book as ‘an act of love’
TERRE HAUTE — Marylin Leinenbach will tell you she’s a mathematician, not a writer. But that didn’t stop the Jasper native turned Indiana State University [Read More]