Guest posts Archives

In Someone Else’s Shoes – Developing Empathy by Writing Stories

September 30, 2015
Student Contributor
Guest posts, Push Your Imagination, The Writing Life
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Rebecca Harrison, Guest Contributer Writers have an amazing and, I believe, unique opportunity to relate to and understand those around us. On a daily basis, we insert ourselves into the shoes of complete strangers, learning who they are, where they come from, why they do what they do.

4 Skills Novelists Can Learn from Journalists

September 22, 2015
Student Contributor
Guest posts, The Writing Life, Writing Tips and Tools
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Brynn Fitzsimmons, Guest Contributer Journalism caught me unawares. When an editor offered me a journalism job in my university’s communications department, I told him he was crazy. I am a novelist—a fantasy novelist. You do not get farther from journalism than that, right?

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Veteran Students on Overcoming Writing Weaknesses, Part 2

September 10, 2015
Staff Writer
Giving and Receiving Critique, Guest posts, Help with Characters, Push Your Imagination, Self-editing Tips, Stuck? Discouraged?, The Writing Life, World building, Writing Tips and Tools
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Compiled by Staff Last week, we asked eight One Year Adventure Novel (OYAN) students to tell us what their biggest area of weakness is in writing, and what strategies they employ to overcome it. This week, we feature another eight experienced OYANers and their responses. We hope their ideas for self-improvement will be useful to you!

So your novel isn’t perfect yet. Submit anyway.

August 12, 2015
Student Contributor
Guest posts, Novel Submission, OYAN News, Stuck? Discouraged?, The Writing Life, Writing Tips and Tools
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Kyle de Waal, Guest Contributor The deadline to enter our annual Student Novel Contest is August 15, 2015—in 3 days! If you've been holding back, afraid to submit your novel, Kyle challenges you to think about the contest in a different and fun way.

The Importance of Fairyland

Addison Lucchi, Guest Contributor In my first post, I outlined several key elements that make a fairy tale what it is. Now I will endeavor to explain what it is that makes this kind of story truly important.