Volunteer Nathan shares the pros and cons of withdraw technology for writers. Back when snail mail was the only medium for submitting work to publishers aside from knocking on their office door, writers had to be finished with their work…
Intern Cris blogs about the length of short stories. As I was sampling pieces of writing from various short stories on the internet the other day, I was impressed. They were short, but it was amazing how much the authors…
Volunteer Holly muses over changes in scenery. Years ago, I found myself sitting on the edge of a cliff looking out over the Pacific Ocean for the first time. The view stretched on, vast and limitless. Humbled by the experience,…
Guest blogger Natasha Guadalupe writes about the importance of first sentences and how to craft them. The thin black line at the top of your computer screen silently blinks, nudging you to write, a sentence, a word, something—anything! That cursor,…
Volunteer Nathan analyzes dialogue in Don DeLillo’s Underworld. I recently attended a dialogue-focused writing workshop at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The workshop’s suggestions and commentary reiterated the fundamentals that can be found in most conventional classes and instructional…
Volunteer Nathan analyzes dialogue in Don DeLillo’s Underworld. I recently attended a dialogue-focused writing workshop at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The workshop’s suggestions and commentary reiterated the fundamentals that can be found in most conventional classes and instructional…
Volunteer Holly ponders the benefits of a writers group. Creative writers take little pieces of their souls and turn them into words. It’s a daunting task that requires courage and stamina. If the work ends there, then the writer can…
by Andrea Pawley I am not a superhero, but I have two writing talents. I can write anywhere, and I can write for even the tiniest amounts of time. I write on the Metro platform while the train takes its…