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Evan Swensen

The Price of Respectability

“Writers should never be too respectable; I think it may be their undoing.” Sherwood Anderson’s words cut straight to the …

Carl Douglass

The Biblical Longevity Mystery

The dope peddling conman Sportin’ Life who lived on Catfish Row in 1930s Charleston, South Carolina, in Porgy and Bess …

Evan Swensen

The Write Way: Demystifying the Publishing Process

What is the best way to get published? It’s a question that has fueled endless debates in writing circles, workshops, …

Evan Swensen

Eyeballs and Swagger

Have you ever wondered how some of your favorite words came to exist? Take a moment to appreciate the imaginative …

Evan Swensen

The Therapeutic Power of Words

“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can …

Carl Douglass

HOW TO WRITE WITH ACCENTS, DIALECT, SLANG, COLLOQUALISM, AND ETHNICITY

How to speak British, course 204 Hiberno/Irish/Anglo-English accent: Irish English has four or five main dialects or accents: Ulster, West …

Evan Swensen

Overcoming Writer’s Block with Purpose

Writer’s block. It’s a phrase so universally recognized that even non-writers nod in sympathy at its mention. Yet, for those …

Evan Swensen

The Secret Language of Scribes

Imagine living in a time when every letter, word, and sentence you wrote had to fit onto a finite piece …

Evan Swensen

Writing Beyond Intent

“The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant …

Evan Swensen

From Blank Page to Bold Start

How do you start writing a novel? This question has haunted aspiring writers for centuries, and rightly so. The first …

Evan Swensen

From Babylon to Bookstacks: How the New Year Inspires Readers and Writers

As the clock ticks to midnight and we prepare to usher in a brand-new year, a shared sense of possibility …

Evan Swensen

The Isolation That Ignited Genius

This striking insight by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe underscores the transformative depth of writing. Goethe, one of the towering figures …

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