Roberta Baxter
Contest: STEAM Article | 3rd Place
Math Science Art = Fractals
February 26, 2021
Six Tips for Writing Tantalizing Titles
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > When you think about all of the writing elements that need to come together to make a successful magazine story or article, it might seem as if the title is the least of your worries. After all, it’s…
Why Try Writing for Children’s Magazines?
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > A look at what’s great about magazines Magazine writers can easily slip into a Rodney Dangerfield level of moaning about a lack of respect for the genre. For many, writing for magazines…
Writing Nonfiction: Plans Are Essential
The whole point of nonfiction is to convey important information. Let’s explore the clear organization needed for you and your reader when writing nonfiction.
How To Find Hot Nonfiction Topics
The popularity of nonfiction makes it worth an author’s time to investigate. Here’s how to find hot nonfiction topics that publishers are looking for.
Resources
Resources At the Institute, we focus on being a resource for published authors and aspiring writers. We strive to provide you with tools to support your writing goals. Not only are these tools useful when you start writing, they’ll also become touchstones throughout your writing career. Podcast In the Writing for Children podcast, we talk…
Contest Winners
CONTEST WINNERS Since 2016, we’ve hosted contests for writers in all different genres. It’s our privilege to congratulate the winners! Their hard work, commitment to craft, and courage to submit is to be applauded. Join us in celebrating with these past contest winners. Will you be our next winner? Enter one of our current writing…
Creating Science Fiction Characters: Don’t Let the Genre Upstage Them
Our goal in creating science fiction characters is to write characters that are deeper and more engaging than the fantastical world around them.
More Than One Sound: Creating Voice in Characters | IFW
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > As I said last week, every written piece has voice of some sort. It may be a bit lost in the beginning efforts of learning how to write clearly, but it’s there.…
Speaking of Voice
Your voice is about HOW you write. So, how do you make the way you write the content as nearly as interesting as the content itself? Check out these tips.
Raise Your Voice: Only You Can Tell Your Story Your Way
Voice in writing can be elusive. How do you develop your writing voice while also writing characters with their own voices? Lori Mortensen is here to help.
Cover and Query Letters
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > The vast majority of submissions you will make during your publishing career will include a letter. If the letter travels on its own, it is a query letter and must carry a…
The Odd Bits of Submission
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Not all publishers ask for the same things during the submissions process, and sometimes the listed requirements for a submission or a proposal can be confusing. After all, surely all they really…
Be a Joyful Writer
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > As a writer who is trudging out of a tough year in publishing, one of my top goals for the coming year is to rediscover that joy, to return to my roots.…
Stay On Track With Your Goals
To stay on track with our goals, we must build habits over time and strengthen those new behaviors so they become part of our lives.
Becoming a Fearless Writer
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > All of us struggle with fear. It’s natural. Rejection is painful, so we want to avoid it. As a writer, avoiding that fear usually means reducing the number of submissions we make, or submitting only to “safe” markets.…
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Making Goals In Uncertain Times
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > With publishing still adjusting to the results of a pandemic, there has never been a more important time to recognize that goal setting is all about planning for things you have the…
Kate Szegda
Pharmacy Girl: The Great War
November 27, 2020
You Only Need One
The whole publishing process is a journey up a mountain after the path has been washed out. Remember, it only takes one editor to connect with your work.