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World Building Series: Creating A Fantasy World
Have you ever played The Sims, and spent longer creating your characters, and building their house than you did actually playing the...
Courtney Deese
Jun 11, 20184 min read
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Revision: Seeing Your Work in a New Light
Tap, tap. Your fingers fly across the keyboard, punching in the final letters. You toss in a catchy final line, fling yourself back in...
Esther Ra
Apr 11, 20183 min read
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Interrogating Your Characters
Sometimes we just need to take a break from writing the bulk of our story and have a little fun with it. This can be done in a ton of...
Sarah Perchikoff
Mar 28, 20183 min read
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Let's Talk About Book Covers!
I’ll spare you a hackneyed discussion of the old books-and-their-covers adage, and instead ask you to visualize something: First think...
Cayce Osborne
Jan 18, 20186 min read
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Cliffhangers: How to Use Them Effectively in Your Next Story
Most of us have fallen victim to the cliffhanger. Either on your favorite television show or in your favorite book, cliffhangers are what...
The Writer's Workout
Nov 16, 20173 min read
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Literary Theory: Restrictive or Fundamental?
Literary Theory and Criticism remains an important part of the industry. While it may seem inaccessible outside academia, I think it has...
Cristina Dermody
Jul 17, 20173 min read
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The First Spark: Who Was the First Person Who Made You Want to Write?
Every writer has that one person who made them want to write; it could be a school teacher, a parent, a close friend, or a mentor. Any...
Sarah Perchikoff
Mar 27, 20173 min read
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