Sarah M. Seltzer
Good dialogue will ideally advance the plot, reveal character and be interesting in and of itself. But how to achieve all these goals without sounding didactic or stiff?
How to Write Dialogue
Tag: writing
Writing in a Flash: How to Write Ultra Short Essays
Sarah M. Seltzer
Join us at the beloved Brooklyn bookstore Books Are Magic to learn the art of writing in compressed space, sometimes called flash, micro, postcard or short-short creative writing.
Sounding Like Yourself: A Lilith Memoir Writing Workshop
Sarah M. Seltzer
One of the biggest challenges you likely face as a writer is trying to develop (and hear, and believe in) your own voice. You’ll discover your own indelible voice—one that doesn’t sound like anyone else—in a session facilitated by Lilith writer, facilitator, and children’s book author Marcella White Campbell.
Jennifer Anne Moses on Jewish Storytelling
By Yona Zeldis McDonough
“As children, all four of us attended a private day school modeled on the English public school, where we wore uniforms, danced around the Maypole, recited the Lord’s Prayer, and belted out the greatest hits of the Anglo-Saxon playbook…”
What a Third Grader Taught Me About the Creative Life
Mikhal Weiner
And that is the essence of this unique opportunity that people who have chosen to live creative lives have made for ourselves. None of us know if the good ideas will keep coming, or if they’ll dry up like a dusty riverbed one day and the whole thing will be over.
My Writing Roots in Porn Lit
Anonymous
I pored over the want ads in the Village Voice. Telemarketer? Nurse’s aide? Nothing clicked until I read this one:
STAFF WRITER
ADULT FICTION