How to warm up for a writing session (and make it count)
Published: Fri, 10/24/14
Baseball players do it. Dancers do it. Singers do it. Not all writers do it, but they should.I’m talking about warming up, folks. Taking a few minutes…
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Published: Fri, 10/24/14
Baseball players do it. Dancers do it. Singers do it. Not all writers do it, but they should.I’m talking about warming up, folks. Taking a few minutes…
Published: Fri, 10/17/14
Last week WBN co-founder David Duhr wrote about some cover letter don’ts, like don't address the recipient as "Dear Sir." Editors hate that, and for…
Published: Thu, 10/09/14
"During the five or so years I worked at Fringe Magazine I was the only dude on staff. Fringe was created by an immensely talented band of women who…
Published: Thu, 10/02/14
Last week, we asked what makes a writer legitimate: meaning, money, or something else entirely."Commit to meaning and mystery instead of money,"…
Published: Fri, 09/26/14
"One Sunday morning, my dad was in his recliner, sipping coffee and looking through the Dallas Morning News. An opinion piece had caught his eye. He…
Published: Thu, 09/18/14
August's In Short Fiction Workshop was a raging success thanks to our amazing instructor Cecily Sailer and talented workshop participants. We figure…
Published: Sat, 09/13/14
In a recent episode of BoJack Horseman, Netfli 's animated series about a washed-up actor eager for a comeback, BoJack decides to write his memoirs.
Published: Fri, 09/05/14
Not too long ago, a very smart lady by the name of Chelsea Beauchamp, the deliberate living strategist for women who want to have it all, said a very…
Published: Thu, 08/28/14
Today is a very special day. It's WriteByNight's 5-year anniversary! WBN cofounder David Duhr writes about the milestone on our blog:"Sometime in the…
Published: Fri, 08/22/14
Recently on WBN's blog I laid down some truth on "How to Resolve a Character Arc." My main rule boils down to this: Satisfy your reader's e…