We’ve temporarily reduced the price on our newest email course, the 15-Day Writing Challenge. If you’ve been thinking about signing up but haven’t yet, now is the time to recommit yourself to your daily writing practice. The new prices has been reduced from $55 to $49. Offer good until May 31st, 2016. Click here to register […]
Reading Out Loud is looking for character-driven stories with a sense of place and a strong narrative voice: The stories that work best with our platform are often those with a unique narrator: either a first person narration from a well-defined and compelling character, or a third person narrator with a unique perspective. For example, please […]
When I coach a writer, they have access to me. They can text me when they are stuck, or jump on a quick call with me to overcome a block. Some even text me every night to let me know the progress they made that day. Many writers have finished their first drafts under my guidance, […]
Science Vs. Spirituality in 21st Century Literature CFP A monographic volume on Science Vs. Spirituality. Papers are invited to discuss a wide range of issues concerning Science Vs. Spirituality in poetry, novels, autobiographical works, etc. Essays should be 7,000-8,500 words, including all quotations and bibliographic references, and should follow the MLA Style Manual (7th edition) […]
Second Star Magazine is a brand new literary and arts magazine looking for submissions for it’s inaugural issue. The magazine’s goal is to share the work of young creatives with a wide audience and to create a community of young artists and fiction lovers. We are looking for writers ages 25 and under who love […]
WRITERS submissions are open for the next video production of “The Read” episode 2. Head over to the website for full details. CINEARTSDANCETHEATRE.COM The video for episode 1 is now available for viewing. Check it out. We are looking forward to your entries. Open to all within the USA and beyond! Los Angeles Writers Group has […]
Calls for Submissions Ploughshares The Emerging Writer’s Contest is currently accepting submissions until May 15, 2016 at noon EST. Submit via our online submission manager. You must be logged in to access this page. The Emerging Writer’s Contest is open to writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry who have yet to publish or self-publish a […]
Get creative for an evening. Live Online Generative Writing Workshops Log in for this in-person generative writing workshop to get creative, inspired, and generate new writings. Generate new writings New prompts every meeting Get writing tips and learn what’s working in what you write and why Get inspired Write for two hours Different prompts every week […]
Something magical happens in a room filled with writers, especially when they are all creating. That magic overtook me during the first meeting of my First Draft Incubator workshop. After a talk about theme, story structure, and character arc, the writers spent some time writing and brainstorming their first acts. I watched each of them write and […]
Writing a first daft can be a frustrating yet exhilarating process. We start. We stop. We have a story we feel passionate about. We spend days, months, even years thinking about it. When we sit down to write, it feels good, it feels productive. Then we read what we wrote, the story somehow doesn’t feel as rich as […]