by Mary A. Felkins, @MaryAFelkins “You fail only if you stop writing.” Ray Bradbury A decade ago God called me to take His hand and pursue the wild, wonderful world of writing. …
Famous First Words: Writing Power-Packed Sentences
By Tara Johnson, @TaraMinistry “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens “Call me Ishmael.” Moby-Dick or, the …
Need Higher Stakes in Your Story? Try Adding a Bear.
by Heidi McCahan, @HeidiMcCahan Recently a group of writer pals I chat with online lamented that their rough drafts lacked enough conflict to make their stories interesting. I can relate. A …
What to Write When the Words Won’t Come
By Jennifer Deibel, @ThisGalsJourney The coffee is brewed and doctored up just so, my mood music is playing, and I sit in my comfortable chair. I open the computer and …
Are You Allowing for White Space in Your Creative Pursuits?
by Lisa Jordan, @lisajordan As a new writer, one of the first writing rules I learned was to be sure there was plenty of white space on the page. At …