Archive for category Working Within Constraints
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 […]
Preparing For A Writing Conference
Posted by jarviswrites in Furthering the Craft, Getting Published, Growing Up A Writer, Jennie, Marketing, Special Editions, Structure, Supporting Yourself As A Writer, The Business of Writing, The Craft Of Writing, The Writer's Community, The Writer's Life, Working Within Constraints, Writing Advice on August 28, 2015
By Jennie Jarvis As many of you may know, we are smack dab in the middle of Conference season, and hopefully this means that you have already attended a Writing Conference this year or you are planning to attend one in the next couple of months. If you don’t have a Writing Conference on your […]
Special Edition – Horror Writing: Playing an Insidious Game by Sidney Williams.
Posted by jarviswrites in Guest Bloggers, Responding to Writing Prompts, Special Editions, The Craft Of Writing, What's Not On the Page, Working Within Constraints, Writing about Death, Writing Advice on October 31, 2014
This month, 5writers.com is delighted to welcome guest blogger Sidney Williams. Sidney Williams is the author of numerous traditionally horror and thriller novels and short stories. His work has been released in e-book editions from Crossroad Press. Horror Writing: Playing An Insidious Game by Sidney Williams Writing horror is an insidious game, though it’s not […]
“Tennis Anyone?” or: “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Handcuffs”
Posted by Ron Hayes in Ron, The Craft Of Writing, Working Within Constraints, Writing Advice on September 27, 2013
by Ron Hayes Stockholm Syndrome. Harry Houdini. Robert Frost. Spelunking. A short but strange list, no? It may not be obvious right away, but there is a thread of commonality that runs through it. But what? What could tie spelunking to Robert Frost, Stockholm Syndrome to Houdini and the rest? Oddly, the answer is poetry. […]
Writing Under Constraints: The Writing, Working, Commuting, and Cooking Mom by Melanie Neale
Posted by jarviswrites in Guest Bloggers, Working Within Constraints on September 10, 2013
This month, we are delighted to welcome Melanie Neale as a guest blogger to 5Writers.com. Melanie Neale grew up living aboard a 47’ sailboat with her parents and her sister. The family traveled the US East Coast and the Bahamas from the mid 1980’s to the end of the 1990’s, and both daughters were home-schooled […]
Working Within The Restrictions of Film Writing
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, Working Within Constraints on September 6, 2013
By Jennie Jarvis More than any other form of writing, I believe that screenwriters, especially those writing for mainstream and not independent movies, have the most difficult time working within the constraints of their craft. I’m sure that haiku or Twitter fiction writers would disagree with me, but even with their restrictions, I don’t think […]
Working Within Constraints Fuels Writing Creativity by Brad Windhauser
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Working Within Constraints on September 3, 2013
Working Within Constraints Fuels Writing Creativity By Brad Windhauser Some of the best writing for TV you will ever find comes from Seinfeld. Out of all the famous episodes, one of the best writing that demonstrates how to make your point without violating imposed constraints is “The Contest” episode. Given its time slot on network […]
-
You are currently browsing the archives for the Working Within Constraints category.
Who We Are
-
Five Writers 