Yes, writing is creativity and discovery and inspiration, but it is also grit and tears and courage. All ingredients are mixed into the batter and baked in the heat of painful revision. There is not one recipe, but you know when you get the flavor just right.
I have taught college writing for more than 15 years, and I’ve been a writer for longer than that. I invite you to write your own poems and songs and stories and devotions and articles. Come with me. Let’s find your voice.
I had the pleasure of interviewing award-winning crime writer, Ellen Withers. Ellen writes the Show Me Mysteries series, which she writes in dual-time. In this interview, she will discuss her series along with her own practical writing advice.
When I am not writing, I sense that I have lost some deep part of me, like work and family and obligations have eclipsed an essential part of my SELF. I watch it unfolding, like a low-budget film where I can predict the next event. I am locked in to this predictable chain of events…
I am relatively new to entering writing contests. For a while, they left a bad taste in my mouth. Why would I want to offer up my precious prose to scrutiny? And doesn’t it cheapen the act of composing if it is only done for a contest? Yes, I was that writer. But I have…
Jodi Whitehurst 