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Evan Swensen The Art of Letting Readers See
There’s an old saying in writing circles—probably scrawled on a thousand sticky notes across the desks of aspiring authors—that commands, …
Evan Swensen The Novel That Never Used ‘E’
Some people run marathons. Others climb mountains. But in 1939, one man decided to challenge himself in an entirely different …
Evan Swensen The Wordsmith’s Drug
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” – Rudyard Kipling Language is no mere tool. It hypnotizes, …
Carl Douglass A unique honeymoon, and the start of the Great Depression
“We had to go to Salt Lake City to get married which was a long ways from the mining camp …
Evan Swensen Writing the Right Book for the Right Readers
There’s a moment every writer faces—when the words are flowing, the pages are stacking up, and then it hits—that nagging …
Evan Swensen A Ban Worthy of the Queen of Hearts
Imagine waking up one day and finding out that a whimsical tale about a girl chasing a white rabbit was …
Evan Swensen The Peril and Power of Words
“Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little …
Carl Douglass HOW TO WRITE WITH ACCENTS, DIALECT, SLANG, COLLOQUALISM, AND ETHNICITY
Singapore English/Singlish: Singapore is a multilingual nation. The Singapore government recognizes four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese, and Tamil. Students in primary and secondary schools …
Evan Swensen Thick Skin and Open Ears: A Writer’s Guide to Criticism
The first time I received a harsh critique, it was a gut punch, the kind that lingers in your chest …
Evan Swensen Happily Never After
Once upon a time, in a world before Disney sprinkled its magic on everything, fairy tales weren’t the warm, fuzzy …
Evan Swensen Writing Alone, Speaking to the World
Seamus Heaney once said, “The writer is in the paradoxical position of being both solitary and communal.” Few writers embodied …
Carl Douglass My Mother was a Character
This somewhat embellished short story is based on verbal recordings taken when my mother was 90 and did not have …