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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NEW CLASS! Read to Write Workshop with Michael Noll
Posted onRead 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? […]
Continue ReadingNEW FALL CLASS: Perfecting the Picture Book with author Bethany Hegedus and agent guest Alexandra Penfold
Posted onPerfecting the Picture Book: A 6 Week Class with Author & Writing Barn Founder, Bethany Hegedus Agent Guest, Alexandra Penfold of Upstart Crow Literary Dates of the sessions are: October […]
Continue ReadingNEW CLASS: The Art of Storytelling with veteran Hollywood screenwriter Michael B. Druxman
Posted onThe Art of Storytelling with Michael B. Druxman Saturday, Sept. 21st from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Everyone has a story to tell. Story can take many formats: fiction, non-fiction, […]
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 ReadingCraft Talk Tuesday with Uma Krishnaswami
Posted onHere 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 […]
Continue ReadingWhat My Last Book Taught Me with Lisa Jahn Clough, author of Nothing But Blue
Posted onIt’s my pleasure today to welcome Lisa Jahn Clough to The Writing Barn blog. When I was a student at VCFA getting my MFA, Lisa was on faculty (now, she […]
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 […]
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