@LisaCarter27 I’ve always been in love with words. Before I learned to read, I can remember rolling words around on my tongue, savoring the flavor of the sounds. Words are powerful. Words can be used for good or evil. As a writer, teacher and speaker, I search to capture just…

By Brad Bloom @faithfitnessmag I still remember when I worked as an associate producer for an educational media company and we held an audition at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. The opportunity: Be an actor in two half-hour videos shot in two different countries. A fourteen-day all-expense paid trip to…

@DiAnnMills Symbolism is a tangible items that means something psychologically to the character—and translates to the reader the same emotional response. James Scott Bell states, “From the start, we have a connection . . . .” The character(s) and the reader form an attachment to an object that no longer…

@ADGansky Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages. –Kurt Vonnegut Aside from keeping…

by DiAnn Mills     @diannmills Today launches the Blue Ridge Writer Connections’ second Teachable Video Course: Characterization - The Key to Great Novel Writing. This is part of the BRMCWC leadership team’s commitment to enhance writer skills throughout the year. [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="@BRMCWC @DiAnnMills #writerstip #writing"]Characterization - The Key to…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson I began writing like most of you did—as a creative outlet—a way to process the world around me. I kept diaries, started stories and books, played around with articles. But all of these efforts had one thing in common. They were written out of my own…