We’re bombarded with unrealistic expectations of the post-secondary experience by parents, teachers, the media, movies, and even friends. However, I have discovered that most of these are nothing but fables. Let’s call them for what t...
Little bit of a click bait title because I am not going to discuss actual rules. Instead I want to talk about rules I use to help my creativity. Every time I set out on a new story, and many other writers I work with, I get bogged down with...
There really are different skill sets at play when you look at journalism compared to creative writing. I’m speaking from my own experience, but journalism is all about getting the story. They used to say the biggest tool for a journa...
Hi all Hopefully my message says it all. Jas here, journalist/features writer from the UK. I’m a passionate writer, traveller and reader (not always in that order) and I want to combat some of the lockdown loneliness by joining an Int...
Hi! Are you a woman and do you have sisters? My WIP has a touch of Little Women and Pride and Prejudice inspiration (in modern setting) as I want to write about a set of sisters. I have no sisters myself. And I have known a few set of siste...
Where I live, we’ve been locked down since mid-March. Despite the stress I was going through where all the control I normally had was drastically taken away from me, I was still able to write then.However, recently, not only have I be...
In this author spotlight, Akemi Dawn Bowman, author of Starfish and Harley in the Sky, shares her experience of recharging after writing a couple emotionally draining novels, writing a novel on deadline, committing to an outline, and so muc...
Here are five fun creative writing prompts for kids and parents of all ages shared by Writer’s Digest editor and father of five Robert Lee Brewer. As a parent of five kids, I’ve found that sometimes the hardest part of parenting is comi...
How are writers supposed to write settings when we’re supposed to stay at home? Christine Meade offer writing prompts and tips fro writing strong settings during social isolation. For fiction writers looking to stay productive during eith...
In this post, we look at how to handle writing submissions for magazines. Whether you write fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, learn how to submit writing to a magazine. Submitting to magazines is a great way to break into the publishing world...