Read to Write Workshop When: Saturday, Sept. 21, 2-6 pm Cost: Sliding Scale, $85-150 To register: email michaelnoll1 at gmail.com Have you ever started a story and stopped after three pages? […]
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Craft Talk Tuesday with Author, Shutta Crum
Posted onToday, 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 […]
Continue ReadingCraft Talk Tuesday with Meredith Davis
Posted onWriting 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 […]
Continue ReadingWhat My Last Book Taught Me, with author A.J. Paquette (Agent, Ammi Joan Paquette)
Posted onIt’s an honor to have author/agent A.J. Paquette drop by The Writing Barn blog today for our What My Last Book Taught Me series. Joan, as she is known to […]
Continue ReadingWhat My Last Book Taught Me Wednesday with author PJ Hoover
Posted onHi! P. J. Hoover here, author of the upcoming dystopian/mythology YA novel, Solstice (Tor Teen, June 18, 2013), and today I am thrilled to be blogging here at the […]
Continue ReadingWriting Barn Class Recap: Read Well, Write Better taught by Michael Noll
Posted onFor writers, the concept of “relaxing with a book” may be a little strange. We read to learn. Every story is an opportunity to improve our craft. This is […]
Continue ReadingWriting Barn Rave from National Book Award Finalist Sara Zara, on Teaching at The Writing Barn
Posted onA Writing Barn rave from National Book Award finalist, Sara Zarr about her time teaching with us here at The Writing Barn: “‘A writer I like, Frederick Buechner, says that […]
Continue ReadingSummer Session: Writing for the Tween & Teen Markets with award-winning author Shana Burg
Posted onWriting for Tween and Teen Markets with Shana Burg Have you always have wanted to write for young readers but aren’t sure where to begin? Or do you have a […]
Continue ReadingEvent Report: Ball Book Party and Austin Pets Alive Fundraiser
Posted onRecently on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon, friends, family, and the dog loving public gathered at The Writing Barn to celebrate author/illustrator Mary Sullivan’s new picture book, Ball (HM/13). Mary had […]
Continue ReadingUsing Setting to Establish Character, with Writing Barn instructor Michael Noll
Posted onToday Michael Noll, who is teaching Read Well, Write Better with us at The Writing Barn on June 1st, shares with us a writing exercise based around examining a scene from Fitzgerald’s […]
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