SWRT 161 | Grants for Writers

SWRT 161 | Grants for Writers

What is a grant? And what can they do for you as a writer? What is the process of application? And what can the funds be used for? Susan leads us through the entire process from application to acceptance for a grant, including giving her experience as both a judge, and recipient.

SWRT 150 | Art in the Time of Corona

SWRT 150 | Art in the Time of Corona

How soon is too soon to talk about something like the Coronavirus in our fiction? And how is the emotional impact of everything that is going on affecting everyone? How can we use this situation to benefit our craft? And what is the role of fiction in times like these?

An Audience of None

An Audience of None

One’s journal is a sanctuary, a space wherein a writer can simply self-express. Its unassuming blankness offers a container for philosophizing, ranting, sentimentalizing, weeping, and creating. It is a repository of one’s truth, if not always of fact. The words...
Writing as a Priority

Writing as a Priority

Priorities are a way to set guideposts for a life well-lived.That’s well-lived personally defined. Writing is my declared priority; therefore, I had better be writing no matter the kind of life I’m having. Yet it is sometimes difficult to live up to that declared...

SWRT 114 | Writing Great Sentences, part 1

What did we find when we set out to find great sentences? Is it all about the grammar? We talk about the categories a sentence can fit into, and why looking at the paragraph and sentence level is so important in your writing. We look at a couple of sentences from The Passion and Unaccustomed Earth. FInally, we talk about long sentences, poetic sentences, and use of metaphorical sentences to spice up your writing!

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