Writing Lessons & Advice: Myths on Writing
I recently learned the old show, Mythbusters , was one of my husband’s favorites. He was home more often over the summer for reasons I’ll...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Writing with AI
NANOWRIMO 2024 created waves last month by attempting to voice a neutral stance on the use of writing with artificial intelligence (AI). ...
Writing Lessons & Advice- Typing
The act of handwriting-- cursive or otherwise--seems like a dying art that’s fallen to the omnipresence of computer technology. Which is...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Characters
KISS has an odd song from the eighties called “ A World Without Heroes ”. Society would be quite a lawless, hopeless place without them,...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Story Star Life Simulator
I’m a fan of simulation games. The sandbox, open-world, world-building, customizable, role-playing, and/or choice-driven elements this...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Double-Negatives
This lesson will be running shortly before my second wedding anniversary! In honor of another wonderful milestone, I’m again drawing...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Book It Turns Forty
Millennials, like me, grew up with some unique cultural experiences. While we indulged in the earliest, if not the best, years of...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Theme
Many of the necessary story elements have tangible aspects that make them easy to identify or develop. Central characters are typically...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Journaling (for Mental health)
I kept diaries as an adolescent. I imagine them as something like a rite of passage, a tradition practiced during certain stages of life....
Writing Lessons & Advice: Writing with Titles
Whether you are writing research into an essay or--like me-- casually blogging about pop culture, some deliberation may be encountered...
