Author Description

Most writers hit that sweet spot where they face a blank page in a notebook or computer screen and drum their fingers. It’s not that they’ve run out of ideas…no, never that.<br/>Their wells are still plenty full, but maybe the cogs need a shot of grease.<br/><br/>The genre definitions, writing prompts, and gentle exercises in any of the categories are for you, author, to borrow and wring to fit your unique situation. Look for the solution to your character’s woe in any category: journalism or setting, youth writing, research, or the pages on writing middles or beginnings.<br/><br/>We writers are creative folk, and we eat twenty-two categories of potential scenarios for breakfast. Use our suggestions for writing exercises to pop your cork on the bottled-up desperation to get to the next page. And if you need a real jolt, come spend time with us at Novel-In-Progress Bookcamp and Writing Retreat.