by RS Admin | Jul 18, 2016
Staying active in the literary world is one of the most important things an emerging writer can do. One of the ways to do this is by writing blog posts. I personally find blogging very difficult to do; so if you’re anything like me, here are some tips that will...
by RS Admin | Jul 12, 2016
If you struggle with writer’s block or don’t know what to do in the temporary lapse of the creative flow, don’t get discouraged.I can recall more than a few times as a writer that I have experienced coming up against a huge, solid wall. My brain shuts off and I feel...
by RS Admin | Jul 5, 2016
Poetry is hard. For many starting writers it’s just downright daunting to look at the works of writers such as T. S. Eliot, Robert Frost, and Walt Whitman: those towering giants of literature with an almost mythic tone attached to their names.For the writers, like me,...
by RS Admin | Jun 29, 2016
There was a fairy tale revival in Hollywood, roughly five years ago at this point. During this period TV shows like Once Upon a Time came into being, along with multiple versions of the same fairy tale. Around 2011, the fairy tale was Little Red Riding Hood.Once Upon...
by RS Admin | Jun 27, 2016
As writers, we can learn from any medium that uses solid storytelling. Hopefully by now it’s been well established that video games attract folks from all walks of life. You don’t need to be male. You don’t need to be a “nerd.” You don’t even need to have good...
by RS Admin | Jun 22, 2016
I didn’t know I wanted to be a writer …except for when I was in middle school and high school, but never in college. I had planned to be a biology major doing the pre-med track during my years at Hamline; but as the years went on, I saw that I wasn’t happy doing...