Writing on the Wall

A popular post from April 2008 by Annette Lyon There are moments when a writer feels blocked. No words come. The story stalls. You'r...

A popular post from March 2008  by Julie Wright A writer died and was given the option of going to heaven or hell. Being a good writer, ...

A popular post from February 2008 By Julie Wright In tenth grade I had an English teacher who, for whatever reason, determined to hate m...

A popular post from January 2014 by Annette Lyon Last month, as I have for well over a decade, I attended another Christmas dance recita...

A popular post from February 2010 A friend of mine, J. Scott Savage, is doing a class on writing at a conference. I'm not exactly sure...

A popular post from February 2011 By Josi S. Kilpack I had the chance to talk with a Humanities class at Utah State University on Thur...

A popular post from November 2011 By: Julie Wright I took the kids to Disneyland a few weeks ago.  There is something absolutely right w...

by Annette Lyon Nearly fourteen years ago, I took a university creative writing class from Dr. T, a professor who was himself an award-winni...

by Annette Lyon Generally speaking, if you hand over a really bad writing sample to a qualified reader (such as an editor or agent), they...

I wrote a post over at my own blog and then realized how pertinent it would be to writers everywhere, so decided to let the post do double d...

By Julie Wright I know. My day to post is almost over. But it is still Tuesday and I've neglected several Tuesdays over the past month i...

By Julie Wright A friend of mine, Matthew Buckley , posed a thought to a writing group we belong to. When you carve something, you are basic...

Seven years ago, I shot straight up in bed. I had a fabulous idea for a book. It was going to be hilarious. I laughed just thinking about it...

By Josi S. Kilpack Over the years I've done several elementary school visits where I talk to the kids about writing. During these visi...

Hiding in drawers are the pages of several never completed manuscripts by yours truly. I've opened those drawers, peeked at the unfinish...

I met a writer the other day who has yet to complete a novel. He has several beginnings and even a couple of endings (though the endings don...

by LuAnn Staheli Sometime in junior high, I decided to be a writer. I wrote poetry and short stories, but I looked forward to the day when I...

by Annette Lyon In a recent post I discussed common archetypes for characters and what their roles are in a story. One of them is the Thres...

by Heather Moore This week I’m reading The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes by Jack M. Bickham. I love his advice, and I love the fr...

by Lu Ann Staheli So many want-to-be writers have the same roadblock stopping them from success—they don’t send enough submissions. ...