Writing Forward newsletters

Here are the latest Writing Forward newsletters:

Writing Forward | Weekly Digest Sign up to receive free books on the craft of writing in exchange for an honest review.  Learn More Excerpts: From 101 Creative Writing Exercises: Moral Dilemmas Today’s creative writing exercise comes from 101 Creative Writing Exercises, a book I wrote on the craft of writing. This book takes you on an adventure through creative writing. You’ll explore different forms and genres of writing, including freewriting, journaling, memoir, fiction, storytelling, poetry, and article or blog writing. 101 Creative Writing Exercises imparts proven...Read More Read on » Storytelling: What is a Plot? Today’s post includes excerpts from What’s the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing, chapter two: “Plot.” It’s a book that lays out the fundamentals of creating fictional stories, equipping you with the basic skills necessary for writing stories that engage. Enjoy! What is a Plot? A plot is a sequence of related events in a...Read More Read on » Recent Articles: The Personal Benefits of Writing Poetry Creativity Tools for Writers How to Practice Writing to Build Your Skills and Become a Pro Writing Tips: Eliminate Redundancies in Your Writing Writing Resources: The Practice of Poetry   Share Tweet What's the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing is available from your favorite online bookseller. 101 Creative Writing Exercises Copyright © 2019 Writing Forward, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Writing Forward 911 Lakeville St. #123 Petaluma, CA 94952

Writing Forward | Weekly Digest Sign up to receive free books on the craft of writing in exchange for an honest review.  Learn More Excerpts: The Personal Benefits of Writing Poetry Poetry writing is an excellent practice for strengthening one’s writing skills. Through poetry writing, we gain command of language, cultivate a robust vocabulary, master literary devices, and learn to work in imagery. And that’s just a small sampling of how poetry improves basic writing skills. However, poetry has other benefits that are meaningful on a...Read More Read on » Creativity Tools for Writers Today’s post is an excerpt from my book Ready, Set, Write: A Guide to Creative Writing, which takes you on a tour through the world of creative writing, from the various types of writing that you can explore to practical tips for producing the best writing possible. This is from a chapter titled “Tools for...Read More Read on » Recent Articles: How to Practice Writing to Build Your Skills and Become a Pro Writing Tips: Eliminate Redundancies in Your Writing Writing Resources: The Practice of Poetry A Selection of Poetry Prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts Storytelling Exercise: Managing Our Ideas   Share Tweet What's the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing is available from your favorite online bookseller. 101 Creative Writing Exercises Copyright © 2019 Writing Forward, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Writing Forward 911 Lakeville St. #123 Petaluma, CA 94952

Writing Forward | Weekly Digest Sign up to receive free books on the craft of writing in exchange for an honest review.  Learn More Excerpts: How to Practice Writing to Build Your Skills and Become a Pro If you want to play sports on an athletic team, you must attend practice. If you want to perform in a theater production, you must attend rehearsals. If you want to become an artist, you produce many paintings before you hang one in a gallery. We broadly accept that to do anything at a professional...Read More Read on » Writing Tips: Eliminate Redundancies in Your Writing Writers are human, and sometimes we make mistakes. You’re probably aware of the most common mistakes in writing: comma splices, run-on sentences, mixing up homophones, and a variety of other broken grammar, spelling, and punctuation rules. In my coaching work, I’ve noticed another common mistake: redundancy. Sometimes we use repetition effectively, but most of the...Read More Read on » Recent Articles: Writing Resources: The Practice of Poetry A Selection of Poetry Prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts Storytelling Exercise: Managing Our Ideas Creating Characters That Resonate How to Write a Poem   Share Tweet What's the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing is available from your favorite online bookseller. 101 Creative Writing Exercises Copyright © 2019 Writing Forward, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Writing Forward 911 Lakeville St. #123 Petaluma, CA 94952

Writing Forward | Weekly Digest Sign up to receive free books on the craft of writing in exchange for an honest review.  Learn More Excerpts: Storytelling Exercise: Managing Our Ideas Today’s storytelling exercise is an excerpt from my book, Story Drills: Fiction Writing Exercises, which helps beginning to intermediate storytellers develop skills in the craft of fiction writing. This exercise is designed to help you manage your writing ideas (or lack thereof). It’s called “Managing Our Ideas.” Enjoy! All the storytelling skills in the world...Read More Read on » Creating Characters That Resonate Today’s post is an excerpt from my book, What’s the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing. This is from chapter one, “Characters.” Enjoy! Creating Characters We see ourselves in a story’s characters. We see people we know—people we love, people we hate, people we fear, people we admire, and people we want to emulate. We...Read More Read on » Recent Articles: How to Write a Poem Homophones for Music Lovers: Turn up the Bass and Play a Chord A Notebook and a Pen 21 Ways to Improve Your Writing Writing Tips: Abolish the Adverbs   Share Tweet What's the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing is available from your favorite online bookseller. 101 Creative Writing Exercises Copyright © 2019 Writing Forward, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Writing Forward 911 Lakeville St. #123 Petaluma, CA 94952

Writing Forward | Weekly Digest Sign up to receive free books on the craft of writing in exchange for an honest review.  Learn More Excerpts: How to Write a Poem There’s no right or wrong way to write a poem. There are techniques and methods you can learn, forms and formulas you can choose, and writing exercises or poetry prompts you can use. But if anyone tries to tell you how to write a poem, take it with a grain of salt. That said, there...Read More Read on » Homophones for Music Lovers: Turn up the Bass and Play a Chord Homophones are words that sound alike but have different meanings. Many homophones also have different spellings, and all too often, people mix them up. The result is an onslaught of misspellings throughout the written universe. Although these mistakes are understandable, they are problematic since they are contagious. If someone sees a homophone used incorrectly or...Read More Read on » Recent Articles: A Notebook and a Pen 21 Ways to Improve Your Writing Writing Tips: Abolish the Adverbs A Messy, Liberating Guide to Journal Writing Fiction Writing Prompts for Every Genre   Share Tweet What's the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing is available from your favorite online bookseller. 101 Creative Writing Exercises Copyright © 2019 Writing Forward, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Writing Forward 911 Lakeville St. #123 Petaluma, CA 94952

Writing Forward | Weekly Digest Sign up to receive free books on the craft of writing in exchange for an honest review.  Learn More Excerpts: Writing Resources: The Practice of Poetry When it comes to poetry writing resources, there are some special books out there that will help make you a better reader and a more well-rounded writer. Some academics argue that poetry is an intellectual pursuit, but that’s only partially true. Poetry is also artistic and emotional. Anyone can enjoy poetry, but studying it closely...Read More Read on » A Selection of Poetry Prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts Today’s poetry prompts come from my book, 1200 Creative Writing Prompts, which is jam-packed with ideas and inspiration for writers and includes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction writing prompts. Some of the poetry prompts in the book ask you to use a list of specific words in a poem. Some give you a topic to...Read More Read on » Recent Articles: Storytelling Exercise: Managing Our Ideas Creating Characters That Resonate How to Write a Poem Homophones for Music Lovers: Turn up the Bass and Play a Chord A Notebook and a Pen   Share Tweet What's the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing is available from your favorite online bookseller. 101 Creative Writing Exercises Copyright © 2019 Writing Forward, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Writing Forward 911 Lakeville St. #123 Petaluma, CA 94952 Add us to your address book

Writing Forward | Weekly Digest Sign up to receive free books on the craft of writing in exchange for an honest review.  Learn More Excerpts: Fiction Writing Prompts for Every Genre Today I’d like to share a selection of fiction writing prompts from my book, 1200 Creative Writing Prompts, which includes 500 fiction prompts plus prompts for writing poetry and creative nonfiction. Writing prompts are ideal when you’re feeling uninspired because they provide you with ideas for your writing sessions and projects. But prompts are also...Read More Read on » From 101 Creative Writing Exercises: Chekhov’s Gun Today’s post is from my book, 101 Creative Writing Exercises, which is available from your favorite online bookseller in paperback or as an e-book. This is from chapter six: “Storytelling,” and it’s called “Chekhov’s Gun.” Enjoy! Chekhov’s Gun Chekhov’s Gun is a literary device in which an element is mentioned in a story and its...Read More Read on » Recent Articles: Sneak Peek: What’s the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing What is Poetry? Grammar Rules: That and Which Creative Writing: Journals Good Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation   Share Tweet What's the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing is available from your favorite online bookseller. 101 Creative Writing Exercises Copyright © 2019 Writing Forward, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Writing Forward 911 Lakeville St. #123 Petaluma, CA 94952