The building blocks of drama We all recognize the scenario. We’ve got the story – or at least the beginning and the end – in our heads. We know our characters. But now we have to start, to [...]
Your goal for 2018 is to become a better writer, but where do you start? We believe passionately in skills. You may be born with a particular talent for writing, you may have written, and read, a [...]
There’s a paradox to writing: it is at once an intensely solitary activity, and at the same time is dependent on the good opinion of a vast community of readers. And while, necessarily, [...]
We’re ending the year with a 10-Day Writing Workout and we’d love you to join us. Give us just an hour of your busy day for ten days, and our Ten Day Writing Workout will develop [...]
Have you always wanted to write – a novel, a short story, a memoir – but never got beyond the first few pages? You might have written the book you’ve always dreamed about, but know there’s [...]
Writing is an adventure. This means that we confront any given writing project (any given morning, any given page) with a mixture of steely resolve – and abject fear. To set out to write a book [...]