Tag: Writing
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Four-Step Trust Building Sales Funnel For Indie Authors
As a writer who is completing an MFA in creative writing, I’ve spent countless hours crafting stories that will hopefully captivate and resonate with readers. But even the most enchanting prose can’t reach its audience without a thoughtful strategy. If you’re an indie author struggling to connect with your readers, you’re not alone. Building a…
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Writing Diversity: Cultural Appreciation versus Cultural Appropriation
Representation in literature can be a tricky topic. It’s extremely important that the representation is authentic. Using character “diversity” to ride the tailcoats of a current trend is never a good idea. On the other hand, limiting characters to a narrow range of self-experience can lead to stagnant world perspectives. As a writer, it is…
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Bringing Characters to Life
Photo by Kinga Cichewicz The difference between literary fiction and genre fiction is generally cited as the difference between realistic, character driven fiction and trope filled, plot driven fiction. However, if you enjoy writing genre fiction, you can still have thoughtfully crafted, well-developed characters, and taking the time to define them well before you even…
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Writing with a Neurodivergent Mind
Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash I lived most of my life with undiagnosed Bipolar II. However, when I was finally diagnosed at 40, I became more aware of the patterns that I had been dealing with since I was a teen. Although I was always high functioning, I did struggle with regulating emotions, especially…
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SNHU MFA in Creative Writing: Program Review
Student review of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Southern New Hampshire University.
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Balancing the Writer’s Mind
Balance has always been something I have struggled with. My brain is designed for obsession. Every new interest gets my undivided attention. How long a topic holds my preoccupation depends significantly on why I am learning about it. This compulsion to immerse myself in a learning experience has its advantages and disadvantages. As an English…
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Writer’s On Writing: 13 Ways to Look at a Novel by Jane Smiley
The first course in my MFA was an introduction to the program itself. During this introductory course, we were given a list of books on writing and told to select one as a “mentor” text. I selected Jane Smiley’s 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel. This is a brief overview of the text.
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Chunking: Focusing on One Thing at a Time
As aspiring writers, or freshman composition students, we are often taught that the writing process includes pre-writing, outlining, and a first draft followed by a set of revisions. It’s a solid process. It encourages thinking and organizing before we write the opening line. However, I have noticed a problem with the traditional writing process: sprinting.…
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Throwing Pots
The artist explained that her mentored wanted her to know that she could do it, that she could form raw clay into a beautiful work of art, over and over again. He wanted her to let go of the precious attachment that sometimes develops between an artist and their art. He wanted her to have…
Tricia M Foster 