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Pick your favorite mythical creature, such as a mermaid, sylph, vampire, gnome, banshee, witch, etc. Use the name generator tools at FantasyNameGenerators.com to pick a name for your character, and begin writing their story.
Post your response (500 words or fewer) in the comments below.
Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, unveil a big deception from an unreliable narrator or character.
We asked our Instagram followers what books they suggest during spooky season. Here are the titles they recommend for a frightful night in!
The literary landscape is as changing as our physical landscape—and one genre gaining momentum is looking to start conversations around that change. Author Marjorie B. Kellogg defines what climate fiction is, and offers some examples that suggests the cli-fi novel has been around for decades.
Congratulations to Melissa Joplin Higley, Grand Prize winner of the 90th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition. Here's her winning non-rhyming poem, "Anticipatory Grief."
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started on the Poetic Asides blog. This week, write an On Blank poem.
Author Gregory Galloway shares an intimate moment in his life that taught him the power of words and reveals why he became a writer.
When writing about real people in a real time, how do you distinguish between what is true and what is imaginary? Patti Callahan discuss how to write about real people in historical fiction.
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about a fisherman.
Author Jenny Bayliss discusses the process of writing her new romance novel, A Season for Second Chances.
