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Category: Craft Talk Tuesday

Scare Away Writers’ Block: 10 Tips from R.L. Stine

Posted on October 27, 2023October 27, 2023
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By WB Intern Ashley Rummel “If you do enough planning before you start to write, there’s no way you can have writer’s block.” – R.L. Stine R.L. Stine is a […]

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Craft Talk Tuesday with Amy Rose Capetta, author of Entangled

Posted on October 22, 2013December 8, 2014
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A few years ago, here in Austin, this old VCFA grad (yes, I mean me) met a young and talented current VCFA student (and now grad). We bonded over all […]

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Craft Talk Tuesday with debut author, Sara Polsky

Posted on September 10, 2013December 8, 2014
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Welcome to Craft Talk Tuesday. Today, we’re the last stop on the Sara Squared Blog Tour.  The Writing Barn we welcome Sara Polsky, debut author of This is How I […]

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Craft Talk Tuesday with Author, Shutta Crum

Posted on July 29, 2013December 8, 2014
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Today, at The Writing Barn blog, we welcome picture book author, novelist, teacher and poet, Shutta Crum to discuss intention. Our own as writers and of course, our characters. Opening the […]

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Craft Talk Tuesday with Meredith Davis

Posted on July 16, 2013December 8, 2014
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Writing Barn friends, you are in for a major treat today as Meredith Davis joins us for an in-depth discussion of how to handle “time”in our novels. She covers everything […]

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Craft Talk Tuesday with Uma Krishnaswami

Posted on June 18, 2013December 8, 2014
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Here at The Writing Barn we love Uma Krishnaswami. We devoured her last novel, The Grand Plan to Fix Everything and eagerly await The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic,  its […]

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Craft Talk Tuesday: Voice in The Sweet Dead Life by Joy Preble

Posted on May 21, 2013December 8, 2014
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Voice in The Sweet Dead Life In The Sweet Dead Life (May 2013, Soho Press) and its sequel, The A Word (May 2014, Soho Press),  narrator of Jenna Samuels, 14 […]

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Craft Talk Tuesday with Carol Brendler

Posted on May 7, 2013December 8, 2014
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Welcome to Craft Talk Tuesday! Once or twice a month, The Writing Barn, will be posting in-depth essays on craft issues on Tuesday’s–waalah–that’s how we came up with the CTT […]

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