Columbia Writers' Workshop II

By Len Lawson   Photo by Sumter County Gallery of Art Ekphrastic poetry is poetry based on works of art. I recently gave...

By Kimberly Johnson This won’t take too long. My cousin Tiffany has a summer reading independent book report and she wants me to help...

By Kasie Whitener Most writing teachers suggest plotting your story by asking yourself, "What does this character want?" ...

By Jodie Cain Smith My writing to-do list is long. A new novel needs to be revised and edited. The marketing plan for my first novel ...

By Julia Rogers Hook If Shakespeare had had social media we might have never known Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet or even the ever-charmi...

By Laura P. Valtorta www.gattafilms.com The best thing about filmmaking is the collaboration it requires. Shooting a scene correctl...

By Ginny Padgett Next Saturday, April 25, is the ninth annual Intensive Workshop presented by the Rock Hill Chapter of South Carolina W...

Meet a New Columbia II Blogger JULIA ROGERS HOOK Julia Rogers Hook comes to Columbia , SC after almost 30 years of life in L...

By Julia Rogers Hook Becoming a writer is not an easy task. Oh sure…people will tell you that you “tell great stories” and that y...

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 Last month I, along with more than 75 other authors, participated in Book ‘Em North Carolina , a day-long book fair...

By Kimberly Johnson Comedian X is not humorous. I will keep the blindfold on and not divulge his name. But, you know this prince of the...

By Laura P. Valtorta www.gattafilms.com Some people live fortunate lives. I am extra fortunate, but not as fortunate as Zooilla, wh...

Meet a New Columbia II Blogger GEORGE H. LONG, JR. George Long's mother instilled in him her love for language. He uses that lov...

By George H. Long, Jr. “The burden of proof is on the side of right,” said Judge Bill Smith. Your work is protected by US Copyright...

By Deborah Wright Yoho When I was growing up, Walter Cronkite's warm, reassuring voice on his nightly newscast greeted our fa...

By Kasie Whitener In October, at the SCWW Conference, I presented ten pages to a literary agent who represents the kind of work I’d d...

By Laura P. Valtorta www.gattafilms.com The Danes have an adjective: tilbageholdende , which means “reluctant,” or “holding  back...

By Jodie Cain Smith I know, I know, in a perfect world we the writers would write, and they, the consumers, would consume without any...