Five Questions with Blake Schnirring about Blake's Books!
Our Executive Director, Blake Schnirring, writes a monthly book review for our weekly newsletter, the Writers’ Weekly called Blake’s...
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Our blog is where we publish our writers’ work, introduce new instructors, and share our thoughts on the writing process. Be sure to check out our newest online creative writing workshops, in person workshops and one time workshops.
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- Feb 6
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Celebrating our 20th: An Interview with long-time fiction instructor, Chris Belden
1.) How long have you been teaching with WWW and what was your first workshop? My memory is ominously spotty, but I think I started at...
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- Jan 8
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From Freewrite to Final Draft
In our workshops, we discuss: freewriting, the craft of writing, revising/editing, and how and where to submit, but usually not at once!...
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- Nov 29, 2023
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What is (a) Hybrid?
Is it part fiction writer and part poet? Is it part screenwriter and party memoirist? Or is it an AI-generated robot who can write all...
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Elizabeth Foley
- Oct 17, 2023
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Five Questions with our new Instructor, Cara Wall
Meet our new instructor, Cara Wall. What's your favorite book and why? I like long, character driven novels I can sink into, like The...
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Elizabeth Foley
- Oct 13, 2023
- 4 min
Beware the Information Dump
By Douglas Moser Information dumps happen to the best of us. Hell, sometimes they’re even useful, and warranted. Take your typical TV...
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Elizabeth Foley
- Oct 12, 2023
- 2 min
Writing Lessons from Clown School
By Lauren LoGiudice For the last two summers I traveled to France to stand on a classroom stage and have a Frenchman with a drum tell me...
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- Sep 6, 2023
- 2 min
How to Give Feedback in Workshop
Hi, this is Jessie McEntee. I've worked at WWW as an instructor for almost eight years. I'm sometimes asked for tips on giving great...
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Elizabeth Foley
- Jul 13, 2023
- 5 min
Notes on dialogue: It’s not just what you say
Notes on dialogue: It’s not just what you say by Douglas Moser
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Elizabeth Foley
- Jul 7, 2023
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Q&A with Rebecca Stay: Showrunner/Creator Sheryl J. Anderson
Sheryl J. Anderson is the Showrunner on the hit Netflix series, Sweet Magnolias, which is releasing season 3 this month. The streamer...
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- Jun 22, 2023
- 3 min
Catching Up With Allison Dickens
Former Penguin and Random House Senior Editor Allison Dickens has taught a slew of WWW classes, from generative workshops in which...
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Elizabeth Foley
- Jun 1, 2023
- 5 min
Marine Assaiante and the Fundamentals of Creating a Web Series
Just days after delivering her second child, Marine Assaiante was back at the computer, determined to finish writing her half-hour pilot....
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Elizabeth Foley
- May 9, 2023
- 5 min
Q&A with Rebecca Stay
I read somewhere that wisdom = knowledge applied, so for me there was no one better than the honorable showrunner, Donald Todd to talk to...
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- May 3, 2023
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Five Questions with Poetry Instructor, Cheryl Wilder
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? When Mr. Langford, my high school English teacher, pulled me aside a month before I...
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- May 2, 2023
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Five Questions with Intro. To Memoir Instructor, Amy Shearn
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I really always wanted to be a writer! I was always a big reader and writing felt like a...
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- May 1, 2023
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Five Questions with Lisa Cloherty, Our New Writing For Young Kids Instructor!
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I've loved writing all of my life. While my friends were out playing soccer or doing...
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- Apr 25, 2023
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Meet Courtney Maum, Our Pitch & Publish Keynote Speaker
Author of five books, including the game changing publishing guide BEFORE AND AFTER THE BOOK DEAL and the memoir, THE YEAR OF THE HORSES,...
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- Mar 27, 2023
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Five Questions with Diane Parrish
"I am so grateful for the opportunity the conference provided me and am still pinching myself on a daily basis." -Diane Parrish, 2022...
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- Mar 13, 2023
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What is Flash?
Flash is prose that is typically 1,000 words or less. The craft of writing flash shares many techniques with writing poetry, including a...
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