Yes, Ezra Pound is worth reading. He founded a literary movement known as Imagism which had enormous impact on the world of poetry, he wrote widely celebrated poetry himself, and he edited and published some of the most beloved works in the Western canon. Who Was Ezra Pound? Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (1885-1972) was, and … Read more
Yes, being a professional writer is worth it but you must be willing to write good work, read plenty, study writing, study more broadly, network, seek funding, read the room, prepare alternative funding, seek mentorships, and join writing societies and groups. If you are willing to work the rewards can be enormous. Those rewards aren’t … Read more
Fabulists are people, usually writers or storytellers, who share fables: moral stories which are often short, delivering a lesson to their reader or listener through the use of humanized animals, forces or objects. It might sound easy to develop a short story to share with others which has these features, but fables are actually quite … Read more
Yes, we believe so. While many writers experience success without studying writing in a formal sense, most writers spend years learning their craft, whether via self directed study or with the help of a teacher in a class setting. Creative writing classes save you from having to reinvent the wheel each time you write. To … Read more
To successfully co-write a story you should share your emotions with your co-writer, develop a positive relationship with your writing partner, choose your partner wisely, bring diversity to your team, and be very clear about goals from the outset! This article will explore whether co-writing plays, novels, and screenplays is a good idea, and canvas … Read more
To craft excellent supporting characters make sure you are familiar with the concept of the confident, give your supporting characters good arcs, make the arc supportive of the protagonist’s arc, make them provide what the narrative is missing, explore the theme further with them. Now you will write the best secondaries! The Best Friend / … Read more
So you’re writing a narrative based piece of creative writing, like a novel, play, or screenplay, and you’re beginning to suspect that there might be an underlying formula to this. To understand whether all fiction is formulaic you should develop an understanding of the concept of the sympathetic character, increasingly difficult obstacles, things which are … Read more
Affect and effect are terms that you will hear in relation to creative writing all the time, and they are a bit tricky to get right! Here’s a quick guide to help you make sure you are using them correctly. The difference between affect and effect is easy to master: the most common use of … Read more
Although some stories do not feature a protagonist, or a character who is recongizably the leading character, most do. If the answer is yes, you probably need a protagonist, then the next question is, how do I write a good one? Great stories feature great protagonists right? So how do you write a protagonist that … Read more
If you want to get better at writing as quickly as possible, take a look at the tried and tested strategies that have worked well for so many others! So your writing sucks, and you want to get better. Here are the leading strategies to improve: write what you know, co-write, avoid burnout, develop better … Read more