Columbia Writers' Workshop II

By Mayowa Atte You: A swashbuckling western; a memoir ferrying readers down the rapids of memory; a lush romance; a knock-your-readers-on-t...

By Ginny Padgett I have an embarrassing condition…submission anxiety. I revealed my secret to a couple of my fellow workshoppers, and they s...

By Lisa Lopez Snyder Earlier this week I got stuck in the mud. Over the holidays I started a story, and step by step I put my protagonist, “...

By Bonnie Stanard Thank goodness for the internet! It makes my search more focused and less time consuming. Even at that, I spend a lot of t...

By Celinda Barefield So, here it is, New Year's Eve. I’m sitting here thinking about the year to come and everything that happened in 20...

By David Sennema Call me crazy, eccentric, or an old fuddy-duddy if you want, but I've got a problem with people who write verse or ads ...

By Beth Cotten Many years ago when I was in high school, I wrote a poem that was chosen to be published in an annual review of high school s...

Meet A New Writer KIMBERLY JOHNSON Kimberly Johnson, a former journalist, has written for newspapers with articles focusing on health care, ...

By Kimberly Johnson "Heck, I can’t find them. Am I doing something wrong?” Finding an audience for your creative composition or your no...

Meet a New Writer MAYOWA ATTE I have always written bad poetry, reams of it. Lucky for us all, I discovered the joys and frequent frustratio...

By Mayowa Atte You have a story, a dollop of your inner pudding that you have decided to share with the world. You have outlines, notes, cha...

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...