It’s that time of year again! I’m bringing back the series of posts I wrote nearly ten years ago to help you strategically plan your writing career. It helps to assess where you’ve been on your journey and what you envision for the new year. Dive in! Since 2022 is winding down and many of […]
Author Chloe Liese makes a case for the romance genre being the natural home for retellings, and shares some tips on how to write a successful romance retelling of literary classics. Author Chloe Liese makes a case for the romance genre being the natural home for retellings, and shares some tips on how to write […]
The article What Not to Do When NaNoWriMo Ends appeared first on The Write Practice. Writers across the globe spent a frenzied month neglecting their laundry, sneaking writing time at lunch, and compulsively checking their word counts. Whether you won, lost, or didn’t participate at all, here’s what NOT to do the day after NaNoWriMo […]
By: Radomir Luza In October of 1986, New York City was something completely different. Crime was rampant. Homelessness was a new problem especially in the subway system in the Winter. Times Square was […]
For the 2022 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets are tasked with writing a poem a day in the month of November before assembling a chapbook manuscript in the month of December. And now we’re on Day 30. Today is the final day of the prompting part of this poem-a-day challenge, but it’s not the end […]
Award-winning author Rae Meadows discusses how her lifelong love of gymnastics helped inspire her new literary novel, Winterland. Rae Meadows is the author of four previous novels, including I Will Send Rain. She is the recipient of multiple awards, including the Goldenberg Prize for Fiction, the Hackney Literary Award for the novel, and the Utah […]
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today’s prompt, your character discovers that there are fae in their backyard. Photo by Justine Meyer on Unsplash The fae: Known in folklore to be cunning, tricky, and sometimes even downright mean. There’s lore that they cannot lie, but that they can glamor themselves […]
The article Atmosphere Literary Definition: Genre Examples That Evoke Emotion appeared first on The Write Practice. Atmosphere matters. You might be someone who will pay a premium to eat at a restaurant with a certain ambience or buy a house in a setting that supports a particular feeling. But how do you use atmosphere in […]
Halloween has come and gone, but readers of all ages love to cozy up with a good horror book throughout the fall and winter. So why not try your hand at writing a creepy book People have been fascinated by creepy subject matter since… well, forever. Ghost stories have been around since people have, and […]
For the 2022 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets are tasked with writing a poem a day in the month of November before assembling a chapbook manuscript in the month of December. Day 29 features our fifth (and final) Two-for-Tuesday prompt. It’s not often we get five Two-for-Tuesday prompts in a challenge, but this has been […]
By: Cailey Tarriane She yearned to be desireless, but insteadThe Girl with Wisdom wanted no riches, soThe Girl with Desires desired to destroy gold in her mind-no more would she crave for […]
In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, acclaimed filmmaker Charles Shyer shares with Script his twist on the holiday romantic comedy in his new film The Noel Diary, and more. In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, acclaimed filmmaker Charles Shyer shares with Script his twist on […]
