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5 Ways to Stop Hating Your Story

April 27, 2023
Student Contributor
Guest posts, Stuck? Discouraged?, Writing Tips and Tools
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By Lauryn Trimmer, Student Contributor Maybe you’re two-thirds of the way through your novel… and you hate it. Or you’re almost finished with the rough draft, but it feels like everyone else wrote a better story than yours. You wish…

Creating Characters That Are Uniquely Yours

January 16, 2023
Student Contributor
Help with Characters, Push Your Imagination, Writing Tips and Tools
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By Megan Mestel, Student Contributor Have you ever found yourself staring at your newest character you’ve created and can’t shake the feeling that you’ve seen them somewhere else before? No, I’m not talking about that one guy you saw at…

Students Reflect on the 2017 Summer Workshop

By Gabrielle Schwabauer, Staff Writer After nearly two months of effort, the 2017 OYAN Summer Workshop Journal is finally complete!

Why a College Grad Chose to Start His Next Chapter with Our Writing Workshop

March 30, 2017
Student Contributor
Guest posts, The Writing Life, Workshops
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By Jim Viebke, Guest Contributor My journey to the 2017 Winter Workshop began seven years earlier when I first started using The One Year Adventure Novel (or “OYAN”). This is not just a story about the Winter Workshop, but also a story about how the workshop played an important part in my journey as a writer.

A Week in Lothlorien: Winter Workshop 2016

Compiled by Staff One Year Adventure Novel students often talk about the Summer Workshop as their "Rivendell" (from The Lord of the Rings)—a place of peace and restoration where the arts are in their rightful place. The Winter Workshop, then, is like Lothlorien, a quieter and more intimate haven of the elves, as a student pointed out this year.