Why You Should Start Your Story with the End

Why You Should Start Your Story with the End

This guest post is by Elisabeth Sharp McKetta. Elisabeth teaches writing for Harvard Extension School, is the founder of Poetry for Strangers, and the author of two books, The Creative Year: 52 Workshops for Writers and The Fairy Tales Mammals Tell. You can find her...
Why Your Writing Success Demands T2

Why Your Writing Success Demands T2

This guest post is by our newest regular contributor, Marcy McKay. Marcy, who has joined us several times before, is the “Energizer Bunny of Writers.” She believes writing is delicious and messy and hard and important. If you’ve ever struggled with your writing, you...

One Word to Transform Your Writing

Years ago, I found myself chairing the writing contest for my local writers’ organization in conjunction with its annual conference. It was a huge undertaking, but I’d done it before and could do it again.

So I thought.