by Cami Ostman | Dec 27, 2020 | Inspiration, Reflections, Writing advice |
Wow! This year is nearly over, dear ones. The STORY of 2020 will go down in history, n’est pas? This epic year has been full of hard, hard things. And I know that for many of you, as for me, it hasn’t just been the pandemic, the racial struggles and protests, and the...
by Colleen Haggerty | Nov 25, 2020 | Inspiration, Reflections, Write yourself better, Writing advice |
Here are my five rules for effective morning writing–how to get myself to the page and into the zone of writing without fail. One: Prep my coffee maker the night before. I wake up to the earthy scent of freshly brewed coffee. At 5:45 a.m., I walk into the...
by Anneliese Kamola | Nov 19, 2020 | Writing advice |
Writing isn’t just something that happens in the head–it is a whole-body experience. Just as we can use our brilliant noggins to plot outlines, we can also use our bodies to track for information that arises while we write. When I write, I constantly scan...
by Wendy Welch | Oct 29, 2020 | Lessons I Learned the Hard Way, Writing advice |
I work with a bunch of writers in a program called The Narrative Project, and I mentor two writers each year for a year, thanks to a grant from the American NewMedia Foundation (thanks Debra Hallock). I also write myself, so I’ve seen a fair bit of the things that get...
by Laurel Leigh | Oct 15, 2020 | Classes and groups, Events, Writing advice |
Dear Writers: Whenever I have a house problem that risks putting me on the ledge, I usually break down and call either of my cousins. We all grew up together in Idaho, and they are about the smartest guys I know. They both have professional careers backed by growing...
by Nancy Canyon | Oct 7, 2020 | Writing advice
Writing about Place is one of the things we discuss in The Narrative Project. Place can be described as the story’s setting, the location in your story where your characters live. With details of place, time, and weather, the reader imagines the character’s daily...