Huge thanks to Brenda for pointing out this piece from today's Variety, which reports that Marvel-- the comic book/production company behind Spiderman, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, etc.-- is putting together a group of writers, a la the Disney Fellowship Program, dedicated solely to adapting Marvel comic books into movies!
Very cool!
Click HERE to check out the Variety article...
And here are a couple other interesting links:
Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, it's time to set a trap.
Children's author Christine Evans shares how repetition is good for growing readers and gives you the tools to write your story's perfect refrain.
This post announces our latest From Our Readers ask: Describe the First Time a Book Transported You to Another/Magical World. Comment for a chance at publication in a future issue of Writer's Digest.
Your story belongs to you but will involve other people. Where do your rights end and theirs begin?
Editor-in-chief Amy Jones navigates how to know your target audience, and how knowing will make your writing stronger.
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started on the Poetic Asides blog. This week, write a safe poem.
Every writer needs a little inspiration once and a while. For today's prompt, someone is watching your narrator ... but there's a twist.
In this article, Brian Freeman, author of Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Treachery, discusses how he took up the mantle of a great series and made it his own.
Learn how to distinguish the sole from the soul with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
