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How Genre Gave Me Confidence

March 20, 2019
Student Contributor
Industry, Stuck? Discouraged?, The Writing Life, Writing Tips and Tools
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By Meredith Lundell, Student Contributor Did you know that “family saga” is a genre of literature? I didn’t until last month when a research project sent me into the world of literary agents. When I saw “family saga” listed among the genres a particular agent was interested in, it was the quintessential “light bulb” moment for me.

Peanuts Don’t Come Between Me and My Writing Workshop

By Lela Grattet, Student Contributor Picture an unremarkable sixteen-year-old girl mowing lawns and babysitting children who never stop screaming, for an entire summer, all in effort to travel to Kansas. People laugh at her when she says she’s excited for…

Critique Groups: What to Expect

May 30, 2018
Staff Writer
Giving and Receiving Critique, The Writing Life, Workshops, Writing Tips and Tools
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An interview by Tineke Bryson One of the most exciting aspects of the Summer Workshop is also—for some!—the most intimidating: critique groups. For that reason, I decided to ask the two members of our team—Rachel Garner and Gabrielle Schwabauer—who organize the critique groups to share their perspectives!

Free Gifts of the Writing Life

May 16, 2018
Student Contributor
Guest posts, Push Your Imagination, Stuck? Discouraged?, The Writing Life
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By Collin Suttle, Student Contributor Have I been grateful for writing enough? Not for the things I write, but for the gifts that writing gives me even before I open a notebook? The answer is, of course, “Not at all.” So, in the interest of mindfulness, the cultivation of a thankful spirit, and list-making, here is my Top Five Gifts That Writing Gives Me, with some significant help from Anne Lamott and Bird By Bird.

Blogs Are Always Right (And Other Misconceptions)

May 7, 2018
Tineke
Push Your Imagination, Stuck? Discouraged?, The Writing Life, Writing Tips and Tools
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By Lydia DeGisi, Student Contributor When I was probably around eleven years old, I read a nonfiction book called Plot by a woman named Ansen Dibell. It was published in 1988, is considered a writing craft cornerstone by no one, and is criticized on Amazon for covering little original ground. I loved it, reading and rereading Plot in the same manner I read novels.