E-Mail to a Young Writer: How to Keep On Writing
The hardest thing about being a writer is the hardest thing about mastering any craft: It takes time. Here’s what every writer needs for that long haul.
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Author: Paula Munier
Writing Prompt: Greatest Sorrow
What is your greatest sorrow? How could you fashion it into a story? Write about how you can find the courage to do that.
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Polish Your Prose: Write a Tapestry (Not a Quilt)
If good writing were a textile art, it would be a tapestry. A tapestry of character, dialogue, action, narrative, inner monologue, theme, setting, voice—all the elements of fiction woven together artfully into polished prose. Your goal: Writing a tapestry.
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Writing Prompt: Kids and Animals
Kids and animals are too much competition in scenes … usually. Try writing a scene with your protagonist interacting with either, or both.
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Writing Prompt: Time Travel
If your protagonist could travel through time, like Gil Pender in Midnight in Paris, which time period would she choose? Write that scene.
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Writers & Editors & Agents: When in Doubt, Switch Hats
Writers, editors, and agents all want the same thing: to write, edit, and sell stories that find an audience and make a profit for all concerned. But each has a different perspective.
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