by Delores Topliff, @DeloresTopliff French Impressionist artist, Claude Monet said, “I would like to paint the way a bird sings.” As writers, we long to effortlessly paint with words that way. …
Analogies are Like a Box of Chocolates
by Angela Ruth Strong, @AngelaRStrong A good analogy is powerful and can make your story as memorable as Forrest Gump and his box of chocolates. Using these literary morsels to …
Celebrating the Coming of a New Year
by Katherine Reay, @Katherine_Reay We made it! The end of 2020. I don’t like wishing the end of a year — it feels like dismissing a significant portion of life and I …
The Three Knives of Editing
by David Rawlings, @DavidJRawlings I sacrificed 1000 worthy helpers yesterday. Troops that had served me well. Cut. Gone. They played their role. I want to pay tribute to those 1000 words I …
Finding Themes in Your Writing
by Katherine Reay, @Katherine_Reay “Longer Ago, Further away or ‘About to be’…” * If you’ve written more than one story, I expect you can look back and find a recurring theme — …