WriteByNight

Weekly mailing of education and inspiration

The Texas Observer Short Story Contest & More

Published: Sat, 07/08/17

Happy weekend, writers! E citing news: the seventh annual Te as Observer short story contest is now open for submissions.Our guest judge this year is…

Writing Exercise: TALK!

Published: Sat, 06/24/17

Happy weekend, writers! I want us to try a (hopefully) fun talking/writing e ercise.See, I'm working on a new project that involves conducting a…

June Story Club: "A Crooked Still Life"

Published: Sat, 06/17/17

Happy weekend, writers! I'd say our first meeting of the WriteByNight Story Club, on Tobias Wolff's "Bullet in the Brain," was a smashing success. So…

Poetry, Inspiration & Reading Everything

Published: Fri, 06/09/17

Happy weekend, writers! Today I'm pleased to announce that we've hired yet another talented writing consultant, Adriana Cloud. Adriana is the author…

On Reading Like a Writer

Published: Sat, 06/03/17

Happy weekend, writers! Today I want to talk about an oft-mentioned but rarely considered (by me) concept: that of "reading like a writer."I've spoken…

Write One True Sentence

Published: Sat, 05/27/17

Happy holiday weekend, writers,Today we have some e citing news to share. In our continuing effort to provide you the best match for our personalized…

Fictional Characters & Real People

Published: Sat, 05/20/17

Happy weekend, writers,Last weekend I had a chance to visit with two people I hadn't seen in twenty years, former co-workers who, without their…

It's WBN Story Club Time!

Published: Sun, 05/07/17

Greetings, writers,Do the words "Short's the best position they is" mean anything to you?If so, you're either already familiar with, and probably…

Rereading Your Old Writing (Gulp)

Published: Sat, 04/29/17

Hello writers and friends,You wanna know one thing that absolutely disgusts me? Head cheese. I don't understand it. It's a jelly made of head meat!…

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