Modern world is really curious when it comes to its relationship with writers, most notably, writers of novels. On the one hand, it has never been easy to make oneself heard: submit your novel to any publishers you want, and quite often you don’t even have to bother about posting… Read More →
Issues of race are one of the most sensitive topics in modern society, and people have to deal with them in all kinds of environments, including writing workshops. But what does it entail? In what ways the questions of race arise during these discussions and how do they influence their… Read More →
So you want to be a writer. It is your dream job, you feel that it is your destined vocation, you are in love with words and the process of putting them together fascinates you like no other thing. But before you get to achieving this dream, read this article… Read More →
According to some recent surveys and researches, the majority of readers of the so-called ‘young adult’ fiction are, in fact, quite grown-up people who can hardly be placed into this category. But what it means is an entirely different question. Some people are quick to accuse the modern society of… Read More →
A lot of moms and dads wonder whether something they have done (or maybe they haven’t) was the cause of the kid’s autism. While in some cases the autism cause of a child can be easily defined, the majority of parents will never get the right answer for the question… Read More →
Complaining about the names authors give to their characters may seem to be a little silly – after all, they are the authors, it’s their decision, it is probably based on something and has some purpose – but it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that lots and lots of… Read More →
Very often journalistic and writing careers are tightly intertwined – after all, both employ roughly the same set of skills and competencies. Still, the differences are striking, and the ways in which these competencies are employed vary considerably. Which doesn’t, of course, mean that a person cannot be a first-rate… Read More →
For as long as narration in any form existed, horror stories of this or that kind have been extremely popular. They are not limited to literature: people told each other scary stories beside campfires long before there was such thing as literature and, for that matter, writing. And the situation… Read More →
You’re probably overhearing about how all students are different by now – we study differently, we join different cliques (oh yeah, cliques still exists in college), we party in new and confusing ways…but what if there were some science behind the way we students diverge? Studies Show… Although as… Read More →
Sometimes, teachers can be really crappy. And not just like this… Sometimes teachers just don’t seem to get it when it comes to the ways their students are being treated. It’s hard enough being a student of any age – everything from kindergarten through college is a daily struggle against… Read More →
