An interview with Tracy DeBrincat When did you first consider yourself a “Writer?” I realized the power of being a lower-case w writer in the third grade, when I wrote an essay based on the storyline from the then-popular stage musical, “Hair.” I was a total plagiarist – hey, I was only 9! — but […]
How Poetry Can Benefit Your Prose Many prose writers also write poetry, or at least make a habit of reading poetry. Practicing the art of writing poetry can only benefit your overall writing. Here are a few reasons why: Imagery and Specificity Imagery is one of the most important tools in poetry. It can reveal and inform […]
5 New Resources for Writers The Big Brick Review – Essay Contest, deadline Feb 17 “The Big Brick Review is a nonfiction online journal that seeks personal essays which build on the narrative of our lives, finding new insight to old struggles…old insight to new struggles…and all shades-of-gray in between. Now accepting submissions for the […]
7/16/14 – “I can’t believe it’s been almost 2 weeks since [the group coaching meeting] I attended at your house and I haven’t emailed to say THANK-YOU!! I’m slowly taking some of your awesome advice! That writer’s group was sssooo helpful. I’ve found a few meet-ups that I’ve gone to where people write from a […]
We thought we’d dive a little deeper with our poetry workshop leader, Sarah Eggers, since she specializes in getting writers to dig deeper with her innovative poetry workshops that often incorporate art into the writing process. When did you know that poetry was the form for you? What are the gifts that poetry offers you as […]
Landing on the Right Form and Genre Many writers have jumped from fiction to memoir and back again between drafts, when figuring out how to tell an autobiographical story. Or a writer might try their material as a poem in one draft, and then as flash fiction in the next. For a historical fiction piece that I’m […]
We’ve nearly sold out our all new TV Writing Workshop, How to Break into Television Writing. Breaking into the TV writing world (and practically anything in Los Angeles) is like deciphering cold-war-era encrypted messages. Our new instructor, Michael F.X. Daley’s (how cool is it that his middle initials are F.X.? Clearly he was destined to work in […]
We are very excited about our new workshop leader, Michael F.X. Daley, and the session he’ll be leading on October 3, How to Break into TV Writing. We got to sit down and pick his brain a bit about his experience. Here’s a taste of what he’ll cover in class: 1) How did you break into […]
From Writers on the Water: “Writing and sailing are a natural fit, so what better way to blow the cobwebs out of your brain than to write on the water? The sea has long inspired literature, poetry and movies. Writers through the ages have captured her magnificent power, her fascinating creatures, her colorful sailors and […]
From The Masters Review: “The Masters Review is pleased to announce our Fall Fiction contest with guest judges Ann and Jeff VanderMeer! The winning story will receive $2000 and publication on the site. Second and third place stories will receive $200 and $100, publication, and all story winners will receive a letter from Jeff and […]