Columbia Writers' Workshop II

By Kasie Whitener Once you’ve nailed down the historical details and familiarized yourself with the conventions of the genre and crit...

By Kasie Whitener Recently, when speaking with a writer who claimed to have penned a modern military novel, I asked, “How did you re...

By Bonnie Stanard In writing a story about slaves and plantation owners, I have enjoyed rummaging around old words and expressions. I can on...

By Bonnie Stanard When Shakespeare, in his play Julius Caesar , had Cassius say “The clock has stricken three,” he committed a faux pas whic...

By Michelle Gwynn Jones Yesterday I went online to Amazon.com and did a search on one of my favorite topics, “books - writing - fiction,” to...

By Celinda Barefield Now you have a book on how to write. The question becomes, how do I apply it to my writing? This can be seen as a downe...

BY TIEM WILSON Well, okay, you probably shouldn’t walk up to just anyone and hug him or her. You might get punched in the face. You can, how...