The Power of Line Editing
Line editing involves editing sentence by sentence (or line by line) to upgrade the prose, always keeping craft in mind. A line edit ensures that your book’s content is consistent…
Read MoreInfusing Setting with Character in Fantasy Fiction
Setting in fantasy fiction is more than just the imaginary time and space where the plot happens, i.e. the neutral zone of conflict and action. In the best fantasy fiction,…
Read MoreCreating a Great Antagonist
High school English class taught us that all stories have a protagonist and an antagonist. But when it comes to developing characters, the protagonist tends to get all the attention.…
Read MoreWorldbuilding
In fiction, setting can be as an important a character as the people. And in speculative fiction, that character often needs to be built from the ground–and history, and culture,…
Read MoreExploring Novel Plotting Methods: How to Easily Create a Story Blueprint
Are you starting a novel? Perhaps you’re trying to bulldoze through one, without solid ideas of why and how the story unfolds. Or maybe you’ve already written a draft, but…
Read MoreMaking Historical Writing Real
Do you have an awesome idea for a piece of historical fiction, but it’s set in ancient Rome and your only knowledge of the period is based solely on the…
Read MoreThe Path to Publication: An Agent’s Point of View
So you’ve written your book, now what? Join us for a class on how to craft a grabbing elevator pitch, where to find an agent, what to do and say…
Read MoreAtmospheres of History, Climates of Opinion
American poets have, since poems began to be published and preserved on this continent, wanted to speak for many, to many, about many. Yet, as Alexis de Tocqueville noted, American…
Read MoreThe Kingdom of Ordinary Time: Crafting Poems from Daily Life
In the wake of the pandemic, most of us are more acquainted than ever with the small and mundane aspects of our everyday lives. Though these details may seem too…
Read MoreWrite Strong Characters
This seminar is designed for writers who want to sharpen their ability writing fully fleshed out characters. We will examine how writers can create main and supporting characters who mirror…
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