Writer, Transform Thyself
I recently had a writer ask me which one of his many ideas he should follow […]
Well, Darlings, You’re Weighing Us Down . . .
“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill […]
But I never got to . . .
I’m a big believer in the promises-made-to-your-reader philosophy of writing. It’s the idea that readers file […]
This Thing’s Important, Right?
One of my favorite books from the Children’s Lit classes I took in college was Treasure […]
Villain Under Construction: Villain Arcs
We’ve been talking character arcs at SNW, so I wanted to bring out once special kind […]
Dross and Hero Stuff
Can we be brutally honest? As a writer, you simply cannot be a nice person – […]
To Wiki or Not To Wiki
So before I started teaching writing, I was a Youth librarian. And as everybody says, you […]
Liiiiiiight-buuuuuulb!
So as we head towards November, I’m sure a lot of you guys are working out […]
The Power of What If
When I do my prewriting classes, I always start with a session on idea generation. Sometimes […]