This may be your ticket to a fully-funded two years of nothing but writing. So grab a steaming cup of tea, and settle in for a few. You’re gonna want to know this. Last week I talked about how the How Writers Write Fiction course through University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop has got me all pumped […]
Write Better with This No-Cost Writing Course from University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop
Note: This course is concluded. Find similar distance learning courses in writing from The University of Iowa’s International Writing Program. As much as we writers would love it, writing classes aren’t always accessible. Unless you’re talking about the massive open online course (MOOC for short) that the University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop is offering right […]
What Writers Can Do When Writing Advice Conflicts
You’ll read writing advice that says to ignore your internal editor while you write. Well, a lot of writing advice says a lot of things. I’ve read so much of it, I should be an expert. But when my fingers hit keyboard, where does that knowledge go? I may be confident about my language skills. Nix the passive sentence. Grammar […]
It Doesn’t Always Go The Way You Plan: Interview + Career Snapshot of a Children’s Book Author
It doesn’t always go the way you plan. That was true for children’s book author, Allison Crotzer Kimmel. Since 2014, Allison has published three books for children through Capstone Publishing, all of them nonfiction. “They were each so interesting to write but all were a surprise as I think of myself primarily as a fiction writer,” […]
How to Write More with Less Stress: The No-Gimmick Productivity Tool for Writers That Actually Works
In which I repent my foolish ways and embrace the dark side (where writing is stupid easy). I thought it was a gimmick. The way I think most productivity tools are gimmicks. So I ignored everyone who said it was great. I wish I’d tried it sooner. Enter the Pomodoro Technique. The oh-so-simple way to […]