by Jeanette Taylor | Jan 15, 2016 | Writing Tips
Plan Fiction & Nonfiction Writing in a Premise Statement What is a Premise? It’s an overall summary, expressed in five or six concise sentences to capture the essence of your story. It’s an illuminating planning tool and later a polished version may become...
by Jeanette Taylor | Dec 9, 2015 | Writing Tips
Things That Keep Us From Writing Annette and I pose questions in every series of writing classes about what blocks people. Here’s some common gremlins and solutions: • You’re too busy. Solutions: Everyone is. Dedicate a specific time daily (or at least weekly) to...
by Jeanette Taylor | Nov 19, 2015 | Writing Tips
Is There an Audience for Your Life Story? Have you ever been trapped in a front row seat for a relative’s unedited slideshow? The one where he pauses at every image, whether blurry or nice, skipping back and forth from Spain’s high plateau to its beaches, from...
by Jeanette Taylor | Oct 23, 2015 | Writing Tips
A Writer’s Primary Story Hook is Engaging Characters Post by: Annette Yourk, October 2015 No subject in itself, however fruitful, appears to be able to keep a narrative alive. Only the characters in it can.–Edith Wharton. You can collect (or in the case of...
by Jeanette Taylor | Sep 16, 2015 | Writing Tips
Childhood Reflection Can Deliver Deep Insights A Nonfiction Writer’s Exploration of Self Guest Blog Post by Joy Inglis (nee Carter) If you are looking for writing material, unique and fascinating stuff that only you have access to, you can do no better than to...
by Annette Yourk | Aug 25, 2015 | Writing Tips
Superb Summer Writing Retreat At night I go to bed exhausted and full. Mornings I wake up smiling and reach for pen and paper or laptop at an ungodly hour. Between intensive sessions of writing, critique, revision, development; opportunities to decompress with a...
