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 […]
The Power of What If
When I do my prewriting classes, I always start with a session on idea generation. Sometimes […]
I’m Definitely NOT in a Story, Right?
Last month I talked about character self-awareness in the psychological sense. But today, I want to […]
But That’s Not What I Meant!
Readers are trained to try and figure out puzzles. No matter what the genre, we give […]
Oooh, look! A Mirror!
So this may get a little introspective, but I was thinking a bit today about self-awareness […]
Purple Prose: The Tackiest Pants Patch
Sitting around with a group of writing students a while back, the concept of purple prose […]