Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Long ago, researchers were studying how creatures react to reward. They learned that if you put a “reward station” in a rat’s cage and have a treat appear every time the rat…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Many of us begin our writing journey with a firm vision for exactly what we want to write or what we’ll be able to write. We have goals connected to that idea.…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > 1. Do you like the idea of being part of a book partnership, where the end result belongs as much to the illustrator as it does to you? If you answered “yes”…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > I became a writer mostly because it was something people had always told me that I did well. I knew that if a day came when I didn’t love writing, I would…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Someone once asked me if I ever considered log lines for my stories. Naturally, I said, “Hunh?” Then I learned something. A log line in “Hollywood script-writing” terms is a kind of…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > My husband is a woodworker. As a result, our garage is filled with things that can be really dangerous if you don’t know how to use them or if you use them…
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Stories for very young children tend to come in two flavors: the story with a plot and the story with a purpose. Now, a story with a plot can also have a purpose, but if you don’t have…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Crafts are one of those things I don’t write often, but when I do, I almost always make a sale. The magazines that use them, need a steady stream. The reason crafts…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > This is a time of year when many of our enews readers are thinking about thankfulness. I’m thankful for my family. I’m thankful that I have work. I’m thankful for my health.…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Couse Catalog > It’s been my experience that one of two things happen this time of year. Editors work in a white-hot frenzy to clear out all submissions before holiday break (so things you’ve been…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Are You Stuck, Stuck, Stuck? How often have you been working on a story and suddenly, you have no idea what to write next? You’re stuck, and you wish you had someone…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > When editors ask for characters that grow and change, they aren’t asking for a story about life’s lessons. They don’t mean they want a lecture on manners disguised as a story. What…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Word of mouth can be a wonderful thing. I learn about new markets that way. I learn about cool books I haven’t read yet that way. I learn about resource websites that…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > If you’ve tried writing fantasy in any form — picture books, magazine story, chapter book, or novel––you know that a key element of fantasy is that things happen in the story that…