This week, Sarah discusses the difficult task of letting go. What happens when what you're doing isn't working? What do you do when that beloved character simply doesn't fit? What do you do when...
We writers are used to describing things using sight and sound, but what of the other three senses? What of other "feelings" that aren't properly senses but that inform how we build a mental map of...
I'll be honest, I've never considered going on a writing retreat, but after listening to this week's episode of Write Now, it doesn't sound like a bad idea at all. Take a listen and tell us what you...
Yeah, you talk a big game, what with your tennis serve and your five minute mile, but not even you will survive the zombie apocalypse. This treatise is to prepare you for the inevitable so you can...
Sarah has been away on an exciting and intense mission trip to Jamaica, so I've gone into her archives for one of my favorite episodes of The Write Now Podcast. In it, Sarah lays out a basic...
Everyone knows that writing is a glorious experience. You just sit down with your pen and paper and the world simply stands back and marvels at your creative genius, right? No. In fact you know how...
If I had to pick a favorite horror author, I’d go with Howard Phillips Lovecraft. His tales of horror, most often set in small-town New England (with the occasional jaunt to the Antarctic, New York...
Are you thinking of taking part in National Novel Writing Month? Having trouble with the decision? Maybe you're feeling a bit frantic because #NaNoWriMo is right around the corner. Fortunately,...
You wore a mini dress and sandals with heels. You made forty seven children stop in front of the corn maze entrance to take photos, holding up a line a quarter mile long which had been waiting for an...
Who among us doesn't like the delicious feeling of being thoroughly creeped out by a scary story? I've been a fan of short scary stories since I was a kid. They've never lost their ability to give...
