Course Description Time: Open-ended. We’ll work on your statement until it’s application-worthy. One week we might meet three times via Zoom; another week our interaction might be entirely via email. Vaccinations permitting, we might meet [...]
The first question that has to be answered in any relationship is, Are we right for each other? You’ve done the work of investigating different colleges and universities to see which ones are right for [...]
What Writing Advice Do You Have for Young Writers? So Glad You Asked! By Frances O'Roark Dowell First, let me begin with a scene. In this scene, you, the writer, [...]
5 Writing Prompts to Get You Writing Are you in the mood to write, but don’t know what to write about? No worries, we’ve got you covered. Check out the [...]
What's Your Problem? Every story needs a problem, a conflict, a challenge for your main character to overcome. Otherwise, you don't have much of a story, do you? In this [...]
Opening the Door–Beginnings In this episode, Frances talks about the importance of beginning your story the right way. What kind of beginning is going to work for your story? Does [...]
Episode 1: Getting Started Join Frances as she talks about how to find the story ideas that are right in front of you (or hiding out in the closets of [...]