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When The Strangers Come Visiting . . .
I know people who write with index cards. People who outline. People who do mounds and mounds and mounds of research to understand every nuance of setting, costuming, language etc. before they write...
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Breaking The Chain
Years ago, comedian and writer Jerry Seinfeld delivered some of the best advice on writing I’ve ever heard – Don’t break the chain. This essentially means that it’s a good idea for a writer to take a...
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The 1″ Picture Frame
The 1” Picture frame How I write has evolved quite a bit, especially as I read more books and stories, and have completed an MFA program. It’s a tough question to ask, really, sort of like asking...
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What makes it to the page and how it gets there
Notes from a workshop Last month I performed a stunning, acrobatic, unscheduled dismount from my horse. If anyone had been there to witness this feat, I’m sure they would have been amazed at the grace...
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Special Edition: The Poem’s the Thing (Poetry as Theater)
by Jennie Jarvis When I was in middle school and high school (you know, that time when I thought my perspective on the world was all that mattered in the Universe), I spent a lot of time writing. I...
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Confessional and Contemporary: Poems, Life, and Elizabeth Bishop
By Dominique Traverse Locke 5Writers is pleased to welcome back Dominique Traverse Locke, author of The Goodbye Child and No More Hard Times for her second guest blog appearance. “Read this,” I say to...
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Writing is Pre-Writing
By Jennie Jarvis Growing up, I always heard the well-known expression “Writing is Rewriting.” But once I started my formal training as a screenwriter, I heard something much different – “Writing is...
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Writing For Young Audiences
by Jennie Jarvis Last month, I had the privilege of moderating a panel at the Florida Writers Conference on writing for young audiences. Speaking on the panel were the following dynamic writers: New...
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When The Muse Is Elusive
by Ron Hayes What does research have to do with poetry and why in the world would a poet ever need to do research? Ever been asked this question? Ever asked it yourself? When the term “research” crops...
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Using Pinterest As a Research Tool
by Jennie Jarvis As a fiction writer, most of my job entails making crap up. Yes, my stories are based in realities, and it’s important for those realties to ring true in the hearts and minds of my...
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