Welcome to your extra day. What will you do with it? I will be standing by to register to you for any of the amazing March or April classes 49 Writers is offering. Maybe you want to learn how to write good endings and achieve closure, or learn about writing through the work of Anna […]
Happy Leap Year! – some suggestions for what you can do with that extra day Read More »
A poem’s form consists of the structural “rules” concerning elements like meter, rhyme, alliteration, or repetition. Each poetic form is like a different shaped vase into which water (language) can be poured. Each form has its own particular way of shaping meaning and progressing through a thought. Each has a unique system of organization and
Guest Blogger Alyse Knorr: Six Poetic Forms at a Party Read More »
What do The Ramones, visual arts portraiture, and the elusive creative genius all have in common? Flash fiction, of course, though I should probably confess that, as a bona fide obsessive when it comes to the flash genre, it’s my personal opinion that all roads lead back to this jaw-dropping, fun, short-form style of writing.
Guest Blogger Katey Schultz In Favor of Flashing (fiction, y’all) Read More »
Photo courtesy of Igor B. Runov View of Moscow street taken in January 2016 where Anna Akhmatova admirers have spray-painted her image and fragments from some of her earliest poems across a wall. Translation of above poem: “I was brazen, angry and funny I didn’t know at all this was — happiness.” —from By the
During the 49 Writers recent Anchorage Resolve to Write event, I enjoyed hearing about everybody’s plans for the upcoming year. I was also interested to hear how much writing everybody accomplished in 2015. Truly inspiring! The event is helping me dive into 2016, a year in which I hope to finish a book of short
Guest Blogger Martha Amore Ponders What Women Want Read More »
“He loved Big Brother.” “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” “How can we know the dancer from the dance?” “Beauty is truth, truth beauty—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” “Yes, she thought, laying down her brush in extreme fatigue, I
There is one seat left for a civilian, and three seats left for veteran/active service members for the Danger Close: Alaska workshop. More info below. Also, now is the time to sign up for classes that start in January and February, including Deb Vanasse’s Craft Intensive: Masterful Writing ONLINE. 2016 Class Schedule Registration for 2016
Weekly Roundup of Writing Opportunities for January 22 Read More »
The first book length memoir I wrote came in at 689 pages. Clearly I had a lot to say back then. The first edit cut 300 pages but still, there were too many pages left to read. At the other end of the wordiness spectrum is a succinct little memoir like the classic,“Wedding dress for
Guest Blogger: Judith Conte on Mini-Memoirs Read More »
What is a poetic line, exactly? What difference does it make where the line “breaks?” When we look at words on a page we can instantly identify a poem because a poem is lineated. Lines (or their conspicuous absence) are a large part of what makes a poem a poem. How does a poet decide where the line begins and
Guest Post by Susanna J. Mishler: Line, Please! Read More »
Everyone has a “what I’m doing in Alaska” story: I got a job; I met someone; I watched too much Discovery Channel; I crossed a land bridge from Asia sometime between 60,000 and 50,000 BCE. But nobody moves here to become a comedy writer. Nobody, except me. You see, I spent most of my 20s
Guest Blogger Geoff Kirsch: Everything I Can Teach You About Comedy Writing in 3 Hours Read More »
