Columbia Writers' Workshop II

Meet a New Columbia II Blogger SAM GRIFFITH Sam is an English teacher from the American southeast. He writes poetry, fiction, and,...

By Sam Griffith For the past couple years, I have experienced a growing fascination with vulgarity. As writers, how should we write coa...

By Raegan Teller In a past work life, I was an executive coach. A coach facilitates discussions with others to help them gain self-aw...

By Kasie Whitener I’ve been moonlighting with Columbia III, being very strategic about how I get feedback from my two different criti...

By Nick Rolon Recently, I was fortunate to attend the graduation ceremonies of two of my wonderful nieces, Nicole and Tori. One cer...

By El Ochiis      There, I said it. No, actually, another critic in a literary magazine stated that Grammar was a Ponzi Scheme and I,...

By El Ochiis “ Oh dear ”, admonished Madame Persnickety, with a supercilious sneer: “ That’s not JUST non-standard English, it IS compl...

By Sandra Schmid My memoir began when I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail twenty years ago. Like many memoirs, something extraordinary ...

By Kasie Whitener     Jessica was working on the obituary when I arrived Saturday morning. She wouldn’t let me read it or help her...

By Ruth Saunders The quantity and quality of words placed on the page are not determined by the amount of time spent writing. Inven...

By Sharon May Imagine a great story comes to you. The words flow so naturally you finish a draft that week, and over the next few wee...

By Sharon May So who can call themselves “writer?” Anyone who picks up a pen or sits at a computer and begins to put words on paper? ...

By Nick Rolon Author, Roy T. Bennett once said, “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind.  Be led by the dreams in your hear...