In November of 2011, armed with a notebook and stress-induced diarrhea, I entered my inaugural writing workshop…
The Writing Life: Getting Naked by Jim Gray
Category: Craft
Our Craft column archive, which features an array of guest contributors.
Craft: I Was Here by Risa Nye
When a writer chooses to tell a story, we—the readers—must be made to understand several things: Why this story? Why this writer? And why now?
Craft: Lying in a Hammock, Reading Across Genres by Donna Steiner
Reading in other genres might feel like too large a time commitment, or might even be a bit scary.
Craft: Magic Books by Donna Steiner
There are several sure-fire things I do when I feel stuck and can’t write as fluidly as I’d like…sometimes I resort to my magic books.
Craft: WWELD* by Risa Nye
After Elmore Leonard died in August at the age of 87, it was hard to avoid one version or another of his Ten Rules for Writing … Just for fun, I’d like to go through a few of these rules and add my two cents.
Craft: The Internet Conundrum by Michael Suppa
“Our people did a thorough Internet search on you,” the editor from the conservative publishing house told me.
Craft: Getting to There by Risa Nye
Every story, every essay we write is a journey. It starts here, goes along for a while, and ends where we say it ends. But what if we start this journey with no idea where it’s going?
Craft: Commence(ment) by Donna Steiner
Although many of my friends are accomplished writers, I am most often around young writers, beginning writers.
Craft: One Famous Fowl’s Trek into Traffic and What the Writer Can Glean from It
Ah, that famous chicken, the one that crossed the road! We never really find out why it did what it did.
Craft: Back to the Beginning by Risa Nye
Last time, I wrote an essay about endings—and for this issue I decided to write about beginnings. Topsy-turvy thinking, or all part of my careful plan? Let’s go with the topsy-turvy thinking. But I have a great excuse for going in reverse order: once again, I’ve been given food for thought by some excellent writers.
