This is embarrassing, but can anyone point me in the direction of a guide to the correct way to cite news articles and other resources for the non-fiction book I’m writing? I’m talking about the specific, physical way to get MS ...
This morning I read a BBC article about the rediscovery of the oldest 3D map in Europe. The map is a roughly 5 x 6.5 foot slab of carved rock. Reading that article prompted me to start looking in my archives for collections of historical ma...
Editor’s Note: This article on popular school myths was originally published in 2014. Some of the links and stats have been updated to reflect how common these myths still are. As a first-year student transitioning from high school to uni...
I had somebody recommend this site to me the other day. I’m not really a huge Fantasy fan and I certainly don’t write it myself …but I thought I’d take a look. Wow. I have only looked over the first two pages of the ...
We have a Member Monday submission for you. This is an excerpt from CR Roberts’ novel, Sweet Danger; A Mystery Novella. You might recognize CR Roberts as Writers Forum member Carolyn R. Flaubel. Carolyn was the grand prize winner of l...
(~5 minutes read) Show, Don’t Tell, and Exposition ‘Show, Don’t Tell’ is a storytelling technique for creating an experience for the reader. It aims to shift the reader emotionally closer to the story. Done well, it ...
(~6 min read) For the purpose of this article, dialogue is an alive, action-alike, realistic way to reveal new information about character and/or plot and thus it should carry tension (from ‘Make a Scene’ by Jordan E. Rosenfeld,...
It’s My Job By Dale Angel ‘Grandmother’ is a titled position. Their duties are varied and executive in nature. You can’t run a company without experts, and Grandmothers are…especially at such things as the irrelevancy of...
Planner. Whiteboard calendar. Post-it notes on my mirror. These things have one aspect in common: I use them to stay organized. Since you clicked on this article, I’m sure you’re in the same situation. You want to stay organized but don...
Yeah, I know. It may be hard to get reliable information about Chingona lately because our local newspaper has pretty much given up. If you go to CNN.com, you can input your zip code and get daily updates of stats and links to resources in ...