SWRT 287 | Crafting Character Arcs
Crafting character arcs takes planning, but it’s not difficult, especially if you reverse engineer your protagonist’s big shift.
SWRT 286 | Writers Book Club: A Christmas Carol
More than a holiday classic, Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a classic of story craft. This novella offers lessons to carry throughout the year.
SWRT 285 | Self Discovery Through Writing
This week at the Story Works Round Table, Alida and Kathryn solve the world’s problems with one simple, three-part edict.
We’re kidding, but we’re kind of not. Writing and reading are all about building empathetic connections with people who are nothing like ourselves. As such, writers are gifted with a truly great responsibility.
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If you’re in the States, Happy Thanksgiving! Wherever you are, I am grateful for every single person who takes the time to listen to one another.
SWRT 284 | Writers Book Club: Naming My Father
This week, Alida and Kathryn welcome Dr. Martha Highers to the Writers Book Club to discuss “Naming My Father,” a personal essay that won the Under the Sun summer writing contest. Martha is an editor at Under the Sun. not only do we talk as reader-writers, we get an insightful behind the scenes glimpse of the selection and editorial process for this wonderful essay about growing up the child of an autistic parent before anyone understood autism.
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SWRT 283 | Characterization
Characterization is more than introducing a character. The sharpest and subtlest of details can reveal a whole person to a reader.