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How to Tell Which Point of View is Right For Your Story

There is no writerly pain quite like realizing you’ve been writing your story using the wrong point of view. Unfortunately, when this happens,…

There is nothing like the initial lightning strike of a good idea. It’s electrifying, and all you want to do is capture that…

It happens to the best of us. You spend hours upon hours on a project, and once you finally get to see it…

This was our first year posting daily short story prompts for International Short Story Month, and we thought it was such a fun…

While our Instagram grid is filling up with poetry prompts in honor of National Poetry Month, we’re turning our attention on the blog to a…

No matter how far into the writing journey you are, you’ve likely experienced a time when you worked on a project long past…

There’s nothing like the instant gratification of a good flash story. Flash fiction, usually defined as under 1,000 words, is all about the…

Not only do we not get to choose when inspiration strikes, we also don’t get to choose what form it takes. That’s how…

Professional writers will tell you that it isn’t normally inspiration that keeps them writing every day. It’s discipline. It’s a routine. It’s their…