The 1997 disaster-romance movie Titanic is arguably among the best movies of all time, and it has many craft lessons if you’re
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The best MasterClass writing classes translate the success of guru authors into practically applicable lessons that you can use to write successful literature, whether it’s poetry, fiction, playwriting, or screenwriting. I myself am a bit of a writing craft junkie,
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The 1997 disaster-romance movie Titanic is arguably among the best movies of all time, and it has many craft lessons if you’re looking for romance writing tips. In this article, I’m going
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The best MasterClass writing classes translate the success of guru authors into practically applicable lessons that you can use to write successful literature, whether it’s poetry, fiction, playwriting, or screenwriting. I myself
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Are you looking to learn how to write poetry? Fear not: you’re in the right place. This epic list of the 17 best books on writing poetry has you covered. Whether you’re
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If you’ve ever wondered, “How do I write a book?”, “How do I write a short story?”, or “How do I write a poem?” you’re not alone. I’m halfway done my MFA
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It’s been six months since my recap of my first semester in my MFA program, so I thought I’d do an update on the second semester, which I just finished. I am
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I’m writing a novel. You’re writing a novel. We’re all writing or reading novels. But how long is too long? How short is too short? If you’re obsessing over how many words
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I’ve known I wanted to be a writer as long as I knew what a writer was, which means as far back as the first time I read Louise Fitzhugh’s Harriet the Spy.
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Right now, I am snowed in. Philadelphia, and much of the United States, is under a “bomb cyclone,” some kind of wild term for a snowstorm. I admit, it’s pretty fun. My
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My July 2017 reading recap has to start with how this crazy month both ate into my reading practice and made me love reading again. At the end of June, I started
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(This post contains spoilers for The Fault in Our Stars… also, I wrote this as part of my application for MFA programs in spring 2017—and it worked!) Upon a first read, John Green’s
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