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Writing for Non-Writers: or How to Free-Write Free Will
There is a common misconception that a writer is a particular sort of person. That being…
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All We Need is a Writer Who Writes
There are points in a writer’s life when the creative juices are not flowing. The juices…
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The Written Advantage
Why even bother? That’s a question perhaps worth asking of the written word. We have movies,…
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The Faceless Artist
Who is the artist behind this piece? Is the individual male or female? What ethnicity? If…
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Ego-Less Writing
A writer, above all other professionals, ought to be self-aware. Nothing is more detestable than writing…
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What Bathos Can Do for Your Short Fiction
We all know the drill: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action. This is the formula for…
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Lessons on the Power of Concision from Yasunari Kawabata
In judging this year’s flash fiction contest entries, I couldn’t help but be reminded of Yasunari…
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How to Pretend to Have Read Books Without Really Trying
Like most college students—and like all who wear lens-less glasses—I entered freshmen year entirely assured I…
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On Reading What You Want To and What You Don’t
I often find myself wondering why I’ve come to enjoy the things that I do. The…
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Essay: Are you there, “The New Yorker”? It’s me, every hopeful college writer.
College writers are desperate creatures, yearning for attention and audience. Hungry for praise, popularity, and even…
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