Thursday Wordplay with Ray Presents: Themed Writing!
Hello! This week, I'd love to introduce something simple, yet broad, to your writing palettes. Themed Writing! When I say themed writing,...
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Emily Drez
- Jun 23, 2022
- 3 min
READ LIKE AN EDITOR: A MONTHLY BOOK REVIEW
Welcome to a new series in which I review the best book I read all month and use that as an excuse to offer editorial advice! As a...
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Rebecca Perrette
- Jun 22, 2022
- 4 min
You're A Terrible Writer
You are a terrible writer. I am a terrible writer. Humans are terrible writers. We didn't see the development of an alphabet until around...
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Virgil "Ray" Magruder
- Jun 16, 2022
- 3 min
Thursday Wordplay with Ray: Spoken Word Poetry!
Spoken Word Poetry is defined by poetryfoundation.org as, "a broad designation for poetry intended for performance. Though some spoken...
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Virgil "Ray" Magruder
- Jun 9, 2022
- 2 min
“Return With your Shield, or on it”
You’ve probably heard this phrase from the popular movie, “300,” or in some gym-bro’s Instagram caption about how he's a warrior. Except,...
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Laci Felker
- Jun 7, 2022
- 2 min
How to know what your story needs (editing-wise)
So, let’s think about it: your story is done (you literally just finished it like two seconds ago) and you’re reveling in the joy of...
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Emily Drez
- Jun 2, 2022
- 3 min
There's so Much More than #BookTok
“I’m not going to download TikTok,” they said at some point in 2020, moments before downloading TikTok. Most of us have been there....
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Rebecca Perrette
- May 31, 2022
- 3 min
Stop Writing Like A Virgin
Deeper. Deeper. Deeper. Make it visceral. Make me forget my nationality, my family. Make me forget my own name. Drag me across the room...
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Laci Felker
- May 24, 2022
- 2 min
Finding your niche
When it comes to writing your own story, there are a lot of things to consider. The characters, the plot, will you have a magic system or...
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Virgil "Ray" Magruder
- May 18, 2022
- 3 min
Writers Make Great Friends- Here's Why!
Writers are an eclectic breed of human; the greats are erratic, problematic, and often enigmatic. But of them, similar traits burst...
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Emily Drez
- May 12, 2022
- 3 min
Study with Spite: Getting an English Degree
I’ve known I was meant to be a writer since I was six years old. Not a lot of people are so decisive even once they’ve picked a major in...
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Virgil "Ray" Magruder
- May 5, 2022
- 1 min
Thursday Wordplay With Ray: Prose Poetry- "A Misunderstood Phenomenon"
Death is not a cold thing. Death, itself, is a snuffing of a candlelight. A pinch between two forefingers. A little heat and pain, then...
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Rebecca Perrette
- May 3, 2022
- 2 min
The Thing About Tropes
So, your story’s been written? Yes, many times over. But, if plots weren’t meant to be recycled, not a reader in the world would read the...
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Emily Drez
- Apr 28, 2022
- 3 min
Improve your Writing with This Simple Step
I’m going to take a break from being spiteful and let you guys in on a little secret that will distinguish your writing from everyone...
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Laci Felker
- Apr 26, 2022
- 2 min
How to be a Writer
Do you need an English degree to be a writer? The short answer is—no. Here’s the long answer: The thing with writing is you just have to...
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Virgil "Ray" Magruder
- Apr 21, 2022
- 2 min
Synergistic Writing
Having lifted weights since high school and, as of late, started to compete in powerlifting, I feel led to believe my two passions...
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Rebecca Perrette
- Apr 19, 2022
- 3 min
Choose Your Avatar: Bride -or- Writer.
A sky of liquid black velvet stretched across the lake, a full moon and sparking stars wound light atop the belly of small waves breaking...
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Emily Drez
- Apr 14, 2022
- 2 min
Write With Spite (and in a journal!)
Hello, writers! I come bearing bad news…I’m in a massive writer’s block slump. It’s another ironic take on my life: writing about how to...
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Laci Felker
- Apr 12, 2022
- 3 min
Beta Readers vs. Editors (and why you need both!)
If you’re new to the writing community, or you’ve been writing for a while but are now wanting to get serious about possibly polishing a...
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Virgil "Ray" Magruder
- Mar 31, 2022
- 3 min
Something Red and Sweet
Hello everybody! Today, I wanted to share a spurt of writing I had about my family and some of the women that make my family beautiful. I...
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