The Performing Arts 5: On a Wing and a Prayer
I’m taking theater classes because I’m writing a novel in which the characters stage a show. Nobody asked me, the author, about this. I turned
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Three Things to Tell Your Teenage Writing Self: #3 A stop sign is just a pause
The advice I wanted most and never got as a teenage writer was not about craft but about the writing business. My English teachers didn’t
Three Things to Tell Your Teenage Writing Self: #2 And then stuff happens
via GIPHY One joyous discovery I made along my journey to full-on authorhood was that the middles of books are hard, yes, but they are
Three Things to Tell Your Teenage Writing Self: #1 Don’t bite the basketball
My teenage writing self wanted to write novels. Whole series of novels. I wanted some kid my age to go to the library (I was
The Mathematics of Writing: One Picture = 1000 Words
One picture is worth a thousand words. This is a commonly held aphorism. In the life of a writer this is a real-world formula. Often
Writers Who Inspire: Heroes
All three of my children are avid readers. The day I was inspired to write this little essay, my oldest daughter, Kristine (on the left
Where do Ideas Come From?
Where do Ideas Come From? Originally published 5/21/2010 by Phyllis Irene Radford. Many years ago, when I first started taking my writing seriously, I thought