Columbia Writers' Workshop II

By Ilmars Birznieks On the whole the conference was a resounding success. The Keynote Speaker, Mr. Berry was excellent, just the right balm ...

By Suzanne Gwinner My first SCWW conference was a blast! Not quite knowing what to expect, I left home with an open mind. After meeting wr...

By Janie Kronk Here are the positive aspects of 2009’s “The Method, The Market, and The Muse” that stand out in my mind, regarding everythin...

By Lisa Lopez Snyder I’m always on the lookout for devices that help me move the story forward and create authentic characters. Two presente...

By Bonnie Stanard At the SCWW Conference at Myrtle Beach last weekend I woke up each morning to sweeping views of the Atlantic. Breakfast wa...

By Ginny Padgett Recently I saw a docu-drama based on the life of Georgia O’Keefe. Her Svengali cum husband, Alfred Stieglitz, delivered a l...

By Bonnie Stanard Earlier this month six of us from Columbia II got together to critique our submissions to agents and/or publishers. Though...

By Lisa Lopez Snyder I recently discovered the lyric essay, which, as The Seneca Review defined it in 1997, is a “sub-genre that straddles t...

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 Bonnie Stanard Point of view (POV), like other literary devices, changes fashion as the art of writing explores new territory. The omnisc...

By Laura P. Valtorta It took me three readings to understand how Audrey Niffenegger took a vain protagonist (Claire Abshire) dropped her int...

Meet A New Writer SHANN FOUNTAIN CULO Born in South Carolina, Shann Fountain Culo has been traveling all of her life. She studied abroad in ...

By Shann Fountain Culo I suppose it’s my background as a travel writer but I love settings. I’ve also been known to love a movie mostly for...

By Lisa Lopez Snyder It’s easy to be daunted by the task of searching markets for your work. For sure, places such as Writer’s Digest offer ...

By Laura P. Valtorta Men. What are they seeing? What are they feeling? Why is Woody Allen a sports fan? They act so bombastic and inscrutabl...

By Brian Butler How many times have you sat down to write with that blank receptacle before you and yet nothing to plug into it? A common oc...

By Alex Raley Just when I think my brain has finally gotten a grip on writing, something jars the hold. Early in my writing attempts I heard...

By Celinda Barefield OK, I was originally going to write a follow up to my last article about how to integrate a good writing guide into you...

Meet A New Writer David Sennema Dave was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, graduated from Albion College, and then spent the next two years at...

By David Sennema As a barbershop quartet singer one of my favorite things to do is what barbershoppers call “woodshedding” a song. No printe...