Archive for category Writer’s Signature
Writing For Young Audiences
Posted by jarviswrites in Character, Dialogue, Furthering the Craft, How I Write, Jennie, The Craft Of Writing, Working Within Constraints, Writer's Signature on November 24, 2015
by Jennie Jarvis Last month, I had the privilege of moderating a panel at the Florida Writers Conference on writing for young audiences. Speaking on the panel were the following dynamic writers: New York Times Bestselling Author Beth Revis, Comic Book writer/editor, Graphic Novelist and YA Author Roland Mann, award winning children’s book author and screenwriter […]
Voice Lessons
Posted by Ron Hayes in Ron, Writer's Signature on June 27, 2013
To those of you who have ever spent time in a high school English class, I’ll lay odds that you can recognize, “Once upon a midnight dreary,” or “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.” Yes, Poe and Frost, two of America’s most anthologized and over-exemplified poets, are easily recognizable by anyone with even a […]
It’s Not the Words You Use But How You Use Them
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Writer's Signature on June 23, 2013
It’s Not the Words You Use But How You Use Them by Brad Windhauser I discovered Miles Davis when I took “The History of Rock and Roll” my freshman year (and only semester) at Cal State Northridge. We were studying the roots of rock and my professor played us Bitches Brew. He talked us through […]
Who are you?
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Writer's Signature on June 12, 2013
Let’s say you’re a diverse writer. You have sci-fi novel in the works, a dark, literary short story ready to send out and the first draft of a humorous novella awaiting revision. Oh! And don’t forget the stack of flash stories you sent out just this morning. Okay, you’re incredibly prolific, too, not to mention […]
Reading the Signature
Posted by LadyLadder in Linda, Writer's Signature on June 9, 2013
It was the final exam for a graduate level philosophy course. My friend Robert had read and studied the work of major philosophers all semester. He had a solid A going into the final. The paper slid in front of him, and he started to read. It was a list of statements, and he was […]
The Importance of Branding
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, Writer's Signature on June 4, 2013
By Jennie Jarvis “I’m getting discouraged,” I finally broke down and confessed to my agent. It had been three months since we started submitting my first novel to publishing houses, and even though she told me that the publishing industry crawls at a glacier-like pace, I hated that I hadn’t heard back from many […]