Healing Through My Characters
After having read the brilliant YA novel Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman, I was compelled to try my hand at writing a young character...
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Theresa Green
- Sep 20, 2020
- 2 min
Sunday Evening Post, Iss. 30
No writer is perfect. I talk to a lot of writers, especially lately, who feel like they’re “not getting it” or they’re not good enough...
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Dorian Martin
- Sep 17, 2020
- 6 min
Unconventional Tips for Writers in a Creative Crisis
A creative crisis, also known as a writer’s block, is a writer’s number one enemy. It can creep up in the worst moments...
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Theresa Green
- Jul 19, 2020
- 2 min
Sunday Evening Post, Iss. 21
Sometimes I forget how important it is to create distance. There, I said it. Out loud. I forget that I need time away, I need to do other...
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Theresa Green
- Jul 12, 2020
- 4 min
Sunday Evening Post, Iss. 20
It’s story time. Once upon a time, a little girl couldn’t sit still. She swung her legs all through class and wanted to run and play. But...
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Theresa Green
- Jun 7, 2020
- 2 min
Sunday Evening Post, Iss. 15
Guess. Who’s. BACK. I finally feel like myself again. I don’t know what happened to trigger the low, angry, unproductive end of my...
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Theresa Green
- Mar 8, 2020
- 2 min
Sunday Evening Post, Iss. 2
This week has been a wild ride. We met some wonderful people in our interviews, made tons of awesome plans (wish I could share those now...
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Theresa Green
- Mar 1, 2020
- 2 min
Sunday Evening Post, Iss. 1
I’m a terrible writer. I don’t mean my writing is bad or that I hate my own words. What I mean is that, as a person who writes, I’m...
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Kayla Andry
- Oct 28, 2019
- 3 min
On Finding Inspiration
I’ve collected journals my entire life. Pretty embossed ones with yellow butterflies, purple colored ones with twisted vines, bright ones...
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Madelyn Knecht
- Sep 25, 2019
- 3 min
Why is YA So Important?
Anyone who has paid attention to publishing trends these last few years knows that Young Adult (YA) is a huge, saturated market. It seems...
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Heidi Marshall
- Dec 15, 2018
- 3 min
"I'll Get to it Eventually": Dealing with Procrastination
Procrastination is my best frenemy. Case in point, when I chose to write a blog post on procrastination, this is what I did instead:...
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Aly Rosema
- May 25, 2018
- 4 min
Why You Don't Need the Cabin in the Woods
“Chin up a little? Ok… Perfect… Just one more…” *Click* “That’s amazing! This picture will be perfect for Insta!” You look at the...
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Sydnee Chesley
- Oct 25, 2017
- 3 min
When Writing Doesn’t Come Easy
Full disclosure: writing does not come easy to me. It never has. Reading? I read 700-page books in a day but trying to write is like...
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Tawny Wagner
- Sep 25, 2017
- 2 min
How Readers Can Make Better Writers
Since I was a little girl, I’ve always loved to read. I would spend days in my room finishing a book with the din of other children...
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Sarah Perchikoff
- Jun 25, 2017
- 3 min
Keep Your Motivation When Writer’s Block Takes Over Your Brain
Whether you’re in the middle of writing a novel, a report for school or work, or in the middle of The Writer’s Games, lack of motivation...
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Leigh Davis
- Feb 25, 2017
- 2 min
Words Before Work
The hardest thing about writing, for me, is finding the time where I can be completely focused on the words in front of me rather than...
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Robyn Cross
- Jan 25, 2017
- 2 min
Words are hard
January is when all my motivation disappears. All my favorite things are over by January: National Novel Writing Month in November; the...
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Theresa Green
- Jan 10, 2017
- 2 min
It's Your Year
It's January again. I know what you're thinking: it's time to make a resolution or two. And you could do that if you want but what if......
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Rachel Kolodziej
- Dec 25, 2016
- 3 min
The Struggle Is Real
You sit at the computer, fingers poised above the keys, ready to fill the blank page with the epic story making the rounds in your brain....
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