Alabama Snow
An evening white with snow the weather channel shows. Hurry, hurry! Please prepare! Water! Blankets! Bread! The shelves in stores are...
30 Day Challenge: First Lines
**Each of these were previously posted as separate blog posts on our original site. We've combined them here for easy viewing. You may...
3 Mistakes Beginning Writers Often Make
Every writer has their own strengths and weaknesses. Some are strong in grammar. Some are guilty of “showing” so much that they don't...
Line Breaks, Syllables, Organization
Careful use of line breaks can alter a poem's rhythm, tone, and meaning. The poem below is full of imagery that can be grouped and...
Roadside
Cracked rearview, busted taillight, Full tank useless against the closing twilight. Parallel orbs cut through the darkness, growing,...
James Scott Bell: "You do that . . . you become what's called a prolific writer"
Bestselling author James Scott Bell shares the best writing advice he knows: set a quota of words to write daily or weekly. A prolific...
4 Reasons Writers Avoid Writing
I've been there. I'm sure you have to. For one reason or another, you avoid that deep down biting desire to write. That story you've...
Growing as a Writer
I have a binder full of poetry and short stories that I wrote from about age 12 to 18 stashed away for safekeeping. While there isn't...
App Review: Writing Prompts by Writing.com
One app I love always having at hand is Writing Prompts by Writing.com. It features hundreds of prompts for writing exercises in its...
A Beginning Poet's Assets
Poetry takes many different forms. Meter, syllable count, rhythm, and literal shapes are combined in endless ways, or even avoided...
