When you think of a creative writing student, you might picture a “starving artist” dressed in black, sipping espressos and working tirelessly on their manuscript from some dark cafe. But creative writing majors also go on to work in brightly lit corporate...
Writing can be a lonely endeavor. Granted, a great deal of writers are self-proclaimed introverts, so all that time spent in solitude might not seem like an issue at first. However, even the shiest writers will agree that one of the best ways to improve their craft is...
You probably know that fiction can be categorized based on length, with some of the most common formats being novels, novellas, and short stories. But did you know there’s a genre of literature that includes some stories shorter than most sentences? Flash...
If you’re writing a book, there’s a lot of information that you need to convey to the reader (the entire story, in fact!). Every page and every sentence is an opportunity to convey that essential information. But what’s the best way to deliver it? There...
Have you ever read a novel that felt dry and uninteresting, despite many “exciting” things going on? It was hard to care about the characters, and you might have even zoned out multiple times on the same page. One likely reason for this disconnect? The author didn’t...
As all students know, college can be absurdly expensive. But luckily, there are multitudes of scholarship funds out there just waiting to be claimed, including many that are just for writers. Whether you’re attending community college or pursuing your...
