Columbia Writers' Workshop II

By Brian Barr Sometimes, the flow to write is so automatic for me. I can type until my fingers turn blue. This strong passion to get a ...

By Kasie Whitener It’s Women’s History Month which always feels sort of bittersweet. On the one hand, it’s great to spend time thinki...

By Jodie Cain Smith   With the onset of each year, I begin a new reading challenge. Last year, I promised to read and review one frie...

By Rex Hurst In classic drama the term foil refers to a character which is created for the sole purpose of accenting a quality in a ...

By Kasie Whitener First-person point of view comes most naturally to me. Most of what I write is a character inside me trying to brea...

By Laura P. Valtorta www.gattafilms.com www.thearthousemovie.webs.com                                       I’m revising a scr...

By Bonnie Stanard Learning how to take and give criticism has been a journey for me. In my early years of writing, I attended a works...

Julia Rogers Hook There’s a new language out there in the world of writing these days and I can’t speak it. Gone are the days o...

By Kasie Whitener   I tell my writing students all the time that they need to draft long before the assignment is due. There is nothi...

Meet a new Columbia II Blogger AMANDA JONES Amanda holds a  Juris Doctorate  and is a second year Ph.D. student of Public Law and P...

By Amanda Jones   By the time my alarm began its obnoxious beeping I was already wide awake and aware of the all too familiar knot in...

By Jodie Cain Smith I have a favorite outfit – skinny jeans, cream tunic, jacket, and tall, suede boots. It never fails me. Fat day? ...

Meet a New Columbia II Blogger OLGA AGAFONOVA Olga Agafonova is a front-end developer who loves good books and smooth coffee. Pro...

By Olga Agafanova Some years ago, I used to see a woman on a street corner who bore an uncanny resemblance to a former professor of m...

By Brian Barr Due to the hospitality of Japan ’s International Cooperation Center (JICE) and my school, I was lucky enough to spend t...

By Laura P. Valtorta           It took me ten days to write and perfect my two-minute pitch. In Washington , D.C. , I stayed at ...

By Kimberly Johnson Yesterday, I browsed the webpage of Writers Digest. Brian Klems’ article, How Long Does It Take To Write A Novel?...