Columbia Writers' Workshop II

By Ginny Padgett Recently I was asked, “Who is your favorite writer?” “William Faulkner,” was my quick, word-association answer. I do think...

By Vikki Perry I’m a hack: a writer of poorly formed sentences, underdeveloped characters, and plots that make very little, if any, sense. ...

By Mike Long Columbia II Writers Workshop I don't think I've ever felt that just anyo...

By Meredith H. Kaiser Columbia II Writers Workshop One of my favorite books on writing is Parting the Curtains: Voices of the Great Southern...

By Beth Cotten Columbia II Writers Workshop Most of the following books were written in the 1980s and 1990s; a paperback edition of The Week...

By Lisa Lopez Snyder Columbia II Writers Workshop Lately I’ve been focusing on exercises to help me show rather than tell something about a ...

By Janie Kronk Columbia II Writers Workshop It was the first time walking into a library ever made me feel afraid. The feeling was incongruo...

Laura Puccia Valtorta works as an attorney in Columbia, South Carolina. She specializes in Social Security disability, employment law, and f...

When I was in college a professor encouraged me to write fiction, but I was so dense I didn’t realize it until years later. Career choices ...

I have been writing long enough to recognize a cliché, but not as long as some of the other writers in Columbia II. When we are discussing a...

From the Midwest to the Midlands The smell of freshly-cut grass always evokes stark memories for me—mornings nudging thick brown earthworms ...

I’m writing a spy novel, rather rewriting. How many times do we have to rewrite before a story is ready to go? My plot is a complicated one....

Alex is a retired educator living in Columbia, SC. He earned degrees from Troy University, University of South Carolina, and Columbia Univer...

If I didn’t write, I would probably be in a padded cell. My name is Vikki Perry and I was seven the first time that I was bitten by the ...

I’m a 58-year-old South Carolina native, married with two grown sons and have a degree in advertising and public relations from USC. I’ve wo...

I was born in Windsor, Vermont hospital on 15 July 1952 the place that I consider my home is my girlfriends house at 75 Truesdell Avenue wha...

Mike Long is a former soldier with two tours in Vietnam as an advisor to South Vietnamese Army units. His awards include the Parachutist Bad...

Writing is what I’ve always wanted to do. I’m not a comedian, but sometimes when I bring my writing to the workshop, the group gets rowdy wi...

I’ve written a novel about a Southern family that has two endings, neither of which is the right one. All my characters have secrets. What t...

I published my first book, Curlers & Condoms . I am a cosmetologist and writer, therefore I write about funny things in my salon and the...