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  • All
  • Carl Douglass
  • Cil Gregoire
  • Evan Swensen
  • Mary Ann Poll
  • Mary Flint
  • Rebecca Wetzler
  • Rich Ritter
  • Robin Barefield
  • Steve Levi
  • T. Martin O'Neil
  • Valerie Winans
  • Victoria Hardesty
Evan Swensen

The Art of Writing Multiple Points of View

Writers who tackle multiple points of view in fiction often compare it to conducting an orchestra. Each character must be …

Evan Swensen

Pride, Prejudice, and a Pen Name

Have you ever had a secret so big, so juicy, you managed to keep it your entire life? No, not …

Evan Swensen

From Silence to Voice

“The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.” In this single …

Carl Douglass

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

PART XII How to speak British beyond England (continued), course 302 West Indian and the Bahamas dialects: Bahamian English English is …

Evan Swensen

Why No One’s Talking About Your Book—Yet

There’s a peculiar kind of quiet that follows a book launch. Not the satisfying hush of a job well done, …

Evan Swensen

The First Novel Ever Typed

Mark Twain was a man of many firsts. He wrote some of the most beloved American novels, traveled the world, …

Evan Swensen

Why Mediocrity Has No Place in Writing

“There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence.” Jean de La Bruyère’s words strike …

Carl Douglass

School on a shoestring, a hope, a prayer, and a boarding house.

“Our second daughter was born shortly before Karl got accepted into pre-medicine at the University of Utah, which was then …

Evan Swensen

Writing in the Dark

The biggest mistake an author can make isn’t a weak opening line or a sagging middle—it’s waiting until the book …

Evan Swensen

The Gift That Changed Literature

Have you ever received a Christmas gift that changed your life? Maybe it was a childhood bicycle, a book that …

Evan Swensen

The Power of Criticism

“It is, I think, as clear as daylight that literature can only be kept alive by criticism.” Henry James, a …

Carl Douglass

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

PART XI How to speak British beyond England, course 301 For the sake of completeness and for brevity, we will …

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