Weekly Writing Challenges #5: Magical Mishaps
“I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.” ― J.K. Rowling “The world is full of magic things,...
Category: Writing Tools
What Your Critics Mean When They Say…
Being a part of an online community for young writers is amazing. It’s such an enlightening experience to watch young people begin to work their way through their art, and begin to learn how...
Writing Misconceptions – Character Names
1. Common names are boring. A lot of writers refrain from using any common sounding names as they want to make the story seem more exciting. Baring in mind the setting of your story,...
Writing Misconceptions – Dialogue
Said is a word to avoid in dialogue. A common mistake people seem to make when writing dialogue, is never using the word said and instead replacing it with obscure words such as ‘whimpered,...
How to Read a Story
The main thing I have learned since I’ve started my graduate school program in fiction writing is there is a heck of a lot of stuff I should have learned before I started my...
Defuse or Diffuse the Situation?
Native speakers often learn phrases by ear before they learn the written words that comprise them. Even if you’re not sure which word and spelling is correct in the phrase, you’ve probably heard news...
What Else You Should Be Reading: Words Without Borders
Let’s get real. How many of you can name a contemporary author who writes in a language other than English? A poet? A journalist? Words Without Borders is a publication driven by the idea...
What Else You Should Be Reading: Query Shark
Writing, says nearly everyone in the entire writing world, is about rejection. You should be proud of your rejections, they say. Count them. Frame them. Relish them, because rejection is how you learn what...
7 Online Writing Tools To Help You With Writing Gooder
It’s hard to beat the old notepad and pen combo. The problem with computers is that it’s so easy to get distracted — you can go back and forth while you write, correcting typos...
