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Lindsey Odorizzi
- Oct 5
- 4 min
Research for Creative Writers
What does your internet search history look like right now? There are lots of jokes about creative writers and the (sometimes concerning)...
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Lindsey Odorizzi
- Jun 15
- 3 min
Writing Without Deadlines
For my final semester of college, I decided to complete an honors project in fiction. It was the most intensive writing project I’ve ever...
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Sarah Perchikoff
- Jun 8
- 3 min
What's In A Deadline?
What’s a deadline? We probably all know what a deadline is but just to make sure we’re all starting from the same point, let’s talk about...
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Sarah Perchikoff
- May 4
- 3 min
Can You Separate the Art From the Artist?
It's a question as old as time and it's one that probably comes up on Twitter at least once a month. An artist, musician, writer, or...
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Phoenix Grubbs
- Apr 13
- 5 min
Isn't It Ironic: Different Kinds of Irony
Everyone knows what irony is, right? Well, it’s actually a bit more complex than it looks. There are four different kinds of irony:...
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Lindsey Odorizzi
- Apr 6
- 3 min
Writing Themes Effectively
You’ve definitely heard the term “theme” at some point, whether during an English class, while entering a writing contest, or when you’re...
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Lindsey Odorizzi
- Mar 2
- 4 min
The Benefits of Beta Readers
You’ve done it: you’ve written a story you think readers will love, but you want some more opinions before sending it out to be...
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Kayle Pritchett
- Feb 9
- 3 min
POC Representation in Books and Why It’s Important
Reading has always been a big part of my life and identity. Ever since I could pick up a book I was lost in the worlds that writers were...
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Lindsey Odorizzi
- Feb 2
- 3 min
What Happens Next? Keys to a Satisfying Epilogue
Last month, we looked at the rather controversial topic of prologues and this month, we’re talking about their more forgiving sibling,...
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Angelina Silvester
- Jan 12
- 5 min
Is a Cigar Ever Just a Cigar?: Examining Symbolism in Literature
We hear about symbolism all the time. Let's look at some examples in classic and popular literature.
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Lindsey Odorizzi
- Jan 5
- 4 min
Prologues: Opening a Window to Your Story
Prologues are one of the most divisive literary elements in the writing world. Some, especially literary agents and publishers, strongly...
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Susan Matteucci
- Dec 22, 2022
- 4 min
Tips and Tricks to Writing Time Travel Into Your Story
Time travel and time manipulation is a very common conflict in science fiction, fantasy, and even more action-based genres of fiction....
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Joshua Laine
- Dec 15, 2022
- 4 min
Relatability, Realism, and the Importance of Flawed Characters
Humans are intrinsically flawed creatures. Many of us will sink a considerable amount of time and effort into curbing those less ideal...
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Lindsey Odorizzi
- Dec 1, 2022
- 3 min
The Benefits of Writing for Yourself
Writers are often told to “identify their audience,” in other words, who they want to read and connect with their work. But sometimes we...
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Kaitlyn Connors
- Nov 17, 2022
- 4 min
“And It Was All a Dream!”: Writing Dream Sequences
Dreams are the most organic stories we have. They are the unconscious mind at work, conjuring freely and without intervention. Many a...
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Emma Grace Brown
- Oct 13, 2022
- 3 min
5 Easy and Affordable Ways to Improve Your Home Office
When you work from home, you have the freedom to design and decorate your workspace however you like. That is, as much freedom as your...
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Sarah Perchikoff
- Sep 8, 2022
- 3 min
4 Tips to Becoming An ARC Reader
If you are new to book reviewing, you might be wondering what an ARC is. It stands for Advanced Reader Copy. Publishers print them and...
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Sarah Perchikoff
- Nov 26, 2020
- 3 min
What Writers Are Thankful For
Around this time of year, no matter what we celebrate, we all tend to think about what we're thankful for. Who made this year a little...
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Georgia Yindra
- Oct 9, 2020
- 1 min
Introducing WayWords
We are excited to share with you our new literary journal, WayWords. We created this
quarterly journal to publish....
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