Columbia Writers' Workshop II

Kasie Whitener I’m new to death. Early in my life, death was a peripheral thing: it happened to my friends’ grandparents and to c...

By Laura P. Valtorta                                       STRANGE BREW . My favorite music venue, in South Austin, allows me to hear...

By Sharon May If we do an internet search on how to write good dialogue, most sites have the same pointers – move action forward, revea...

By Jodie Cain Smith In order to create the work I want, hooking the reader from page one all the way to the captivating last page, I ...

By Kasie Whitener Every now and then I have what I call a Bell Jar Day. I curl up on the couch and waste space for six or seven hours. ...

By Sharon May A friend suggested I read Beth Hill’s The Magic of Fiction: Crafting Word into Story , a comprehensive guide to writing a...

By Bonnie Stanard Some words are tricky. They delude you into thinking you’re making a concept stronger, but their “help” is unneeded...

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By Kasie Whitener Wouldn’t it be awesome if everything we created was perfect and polished and important in its first draft? Then we co...

By Olga Agafonova I don’t do fluff. I don’t say it, I don’t write it, and I don’t like it when someone sends fluff in my direction. One ...

By Ginny Padgett I am a proud 1975 graduate of the University of South Carolina’s School of Journalism. At that time, it was ranked a...

By Laura P. Valtorta www.gattafilms.com www.thearthousemovie.webs.com laurapv.wordpress.com                                    ...

By Kasie Whitener Did you know there’s a rape scene in Saturday Night Fever ? In all the talk of the dancing and the music and the clas...

By Sharon May I have always been fascinated with the idea of voice in writing -- how one finds his or her own voice in non-fiction, but...

By Jodie Cain Smith In Hamilton, the Musical , the ensemble accuses Alexander of writing “like he’s running out of time.” I’d give...

By Bonnie Stanard Promoting a book is a challenge. I've discovered word-of-mouth doesn't work very well, unless you connect t...

By Kasie Whitener I love New Year’s. I love everything about it from watching Times Square packed with diaper-wearing drunk celebr...

By Kat Dodd Celebrating the New Year is often about embracing the future and reflecting on the past. We either embrace the lessons ...

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