Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > When we think about voice, the goal really is to create effective and memorable writing. Voice is not some false face a writer puts on simply to get attention. When writers do…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Anyone who has read my past essays much will know that I’m often anti-rules and pro-purpose. In other words, I believe that nearly any writing choice can be made as long as…
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.…
THE REBELLIONFebruary 5, 2021
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…
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…
How Many Lines in a Limerick? Poetic Forms and Literary Terms for Kids of All AgesJanuary 15, 2021
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Wouldn’t it be nice if you only had to learn one set of rules about how to make a submission to a publisher, and that way would always be exactly right? There…
Diamond Rattle Loves to TattleJanuary 8, 2021
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > There are few things more frightening than submitting your work for publication. First, there is always the chance of rejection, which is painful. And then, there is the worry that you’re simply…
Diamond Rattle Loves to TattleJanuary 2, 2021
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Between economic worries and health worries, this year has been tough for a lot of us. Some writers have simply found that the weight of the worry seriously hurt their ability to…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter 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,…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Much of the time, when we come up with our goals connected to writing, they involve writing a certain number of words, completing a project, or submitting material. But there is one…
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…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Maybe It’s An Agent For writers with high concept books (works that can be summed up in a few, movie-poster type words) or who are writing primarily young adult novels, you may…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > As with virtually every industry, publishing has faced new challenges during the pandemic, even though book sales have stayed strong (especially in children’s books). The issues aren’t with lack of sales, but…
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.
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > The first thing to understand about writing is that publishing doesn’t make you a writer. Writing makes you a writer. So if you write fanfiction or raging opinion pieces or notebooks full…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > The sidekick, a character who supports the main character, is almost as much a part of a good mystery as the detective. The sidekick gives the detective someone to discuss the case…