When Bad Things Happen to Your...
If you're a writer and you are in some stage or moment of being and/or feeling stuck we have an answer: "When Bad Things Happen to (Your) Good Stories" --...
Measuring America's Shakespeare Devotion
THE NEW YORK TIMES Measuring America’s Shakespearean Devotion By WILLIAM GRIMES MARCH 19, 2014 March 20, 2014 - The collection, edited by the eminent Shakespearean James Shapiro, a professor at Columbia, begins with a...
How Fiction Works
How Fiction Works James Wood Picador, 2009 Mr. Woods’ book is used in the Writing Program at Columbia and its principles are frequently referred to in the deliberations of the...
Self-Editing For Fiction Writers
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers Renni Browne and Dave King William Morrow, 2004 A Review by the Authors Themselves Amazon.com Review by Ralph WhiteThis is a verbatim handout in a clinic...
Characters, Emotions, & Viewpoint
Characters, Emotion, and Viewpoint Nancy Kress Writers’ Digest, 2005 "Improving Your Chances" Amazon.com Review by Ralph WhiteYour first highly selective handful of query letters to literary agents resulted in...