Month: February 2025

Jack Wang is the author of the award-winning story collections We Two Alone and Joyland. His fiction has appeared in

For today’s prompt, write about a creation. (Note: If your story gets flagged for review, be patient—we will be releasing comments

The decision matrix a writer navigates when crafting a story is complex. Deciding on genre, point of view, and which

Erin Crosby Eckstine is an author of speculative historical fiction, personal essays, and anything else she’s in the mood for.

Week two is officially starting! Usually by now, we have most of the crew that will be participating through the

If one of your characters means to harm with a firearm, you need this post. Statically, where that bullet would

I understand the question. If I Stay, the book that launched my career was a novel about a teenage girl

Virginia Feito, raised in Madrid and Paris, studied English and drama at Queen Mary University of London and advertising at

As we wrap up the first week of the challenge (eek!), here are some housekeeping notes for anyone joining us:

Book authors have to hook readers twice. Like all other writers, authors have to hook readers with the writing in