Columbia Writers' Workshop II

By Shaun McCoy I found some scant comfort, when watching armed protesters storm a state house without appropriate PPE, knowing tha...

By Raegan Teller At some point, every author must decide if their book is going to be a standalone book or the beginning of a series....

By Bonnie Stanard   Any one of my poems has been through hundreds of changes and revisions. Sometimes I’ll change one word, someti me...

By Sharon May Feedback is the goal for attending a writer’s workshop. We want to know what is effective and not effective in our draf...

By Kasie Whitener My favorite quarantine video has been the BBC’s rugby announcer narrating his dogs. The voice is familiar to watche...

By El Ochiis It’s my humble opinion that behind great pieces of writing, is an even greater editor.    No, Tolstoy, I don’t believe...

By Sharon May Some people are hurriedly drafting works about living in a pandemic. You may be one of them. Occasionally, the thought ...

Ruth P. Saunders  I must confess at the outset that my muse has deserted me, and I don’t know if its absence is a temporary or a p...

By Kasie Whitener For the last three episodes of Write On SC, Rex Hurst and I have been discussing Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the nat...

By El Ochiis I wrote a short story that took place in the 1850’s, in which one of the characters possessed an advanced, technological...

By Bonnie Stanard If it weren’t for the seven-figure advance Jeanine Cummins received for her novel American Dirt , I’d feel sorry fo...

By Sharon May I have enjoyed reading quotations since I was a child, reading them just like I read the World Book Encyclopedia . Bore...

By Jerry D. Pate I have written an historical-fiction account of a cotton mill based on the inspiration of my late mother-in-law. She...

By Kasie Whitener   For the first time in our 30-year history, SCWA is hosting its Annual Conference in Columbia. I have the privileg...

By Sharon May Don’t mean to be morbid, but, inevitably, I will die, and I worry I won’t attain my writing goals. Health and age are b...

Enjoy this recycled post from 2017. By Shaun McCoy I wanted to take a brief time out to come clean here. Think of this as an in...

By Bonnie Stanard “Close To You,” a song made popular by the Carpenters in the '70s, could well describe a change in narrative vo...