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Writing Advice: Backstory
http://www.puregenie.com Backstory. It can help give your characters depth and motivation, but sometimes it can bog down a piece of writing. If you devote a chapter, or even a portion of a chapter to...
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Discussion: The Blank Page
http://adgansky.wordpress.com The blank page. Whenever you start a new writing project, it’s unavoidable that you’re going to come up against that blank, white expanse. Whether you’re opening a new...
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Pick-a-Poem: “By the Way”
http://riverwalkmamas.com Welcome, blog readers, to another edition of our Pick-a-Poem feature. As I’m sure you know by now, every week we feature a poem by a different poet, courtesy of Poetry Daily....
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Writing Advice: “The Rules”
http://www.bekkahwalker.net Most things that we do in life have certain rules that pertain to them. For instance, there are speed limits and other rules of the road when we’re driving. There are rules...
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Discuss: The Stages of Writing
http://on-writing-a-book.com Writing — whether it’s a poem or a longform novel — is an emotional process. During the writing process you might feel frustrated by your inability to get words on the...
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Pick-a-Poem: “Cağaloğlu”
http://riverwalkmamas.com Good morning, blog readers! Today is Wednesday, so it’s time for your weekly dose of a new poet that you probably haven’t yet heard of. If you’re looking for a mid-morning...
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Advice: Notating & Editing
http://www.puregenie.com As writers, we are often told to set aside our manuscripts for a while after working on them tirelessly for months on end. I consider this to be a great piece of advice because...
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Pick-a-Poem: “Vulnerability says”
http://riverwalkmamas.com Hello, blog readers, and welcome to another installment of Pick-a-Poem. Each week on Wednesday we feature a new poem from someone you may not have heard of yet. We do this in...
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Writing Process Blog Tour with Simone Muench
Welcome to the Writing Process Blog Tour! I’d like to thank Tyler Mills for so graciously inviting me to participate. Tyler Mills is the author of Tongue Lyre, winner of the 2011 Crab Orchard Series in...
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Editor’s Notes #141
Image source: http://editorialiste.blogspot.com Good evening, blog readers! I hope you have all been having a lovely couple of weeks. I hope that the weather is finally becoming more bearable wherever...
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Writing Advice: Spring Cleaning
http://lagemoyen.blogspot.com At long last, the sun is shining more and birds are finally singing outside my bedroom window in the morning. Yes, spring has sprung! I hope that spring has showed up in...
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Discuss: The “Real” Story
http://www.nprberlin.de/ What is the essence of a story? What element of a story is most important to focus on as a writer? What method do you use to reach that “real” story? Recently there was an...
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Pick-a-Poem: “Incipient”
http://riverwalkmamas.com Happy Wednesday, blog readers, and welcome to another installment of our Pick-a-Poem feature. Each week we bring you a new poem from a poet you may not have heard of before,...
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Writing Process Blog Tour with Jackie K. White
Welcome to the Writing Process Blog Tour! I’d like to thank Simone Muench for inviting me to participate. Simone Muench is the author of five full-length collections including Orange Crush (Sarabande,...
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Writing Advice: First Draft Woes
http://lagemoyen.blogspot.com Today, let’s talk about first drafts. In some ways, first drafts are the best. You get to discover your story as you’re writing, you get to branch off into imaginative...
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Jet Fuel Contributor, Virginia Smith Rice, Publishes First Book
Virginia Smith Rice publishes her first book, When I Wake It Will Be Forever. Virginia Smith Rice writes poetry and teaches art in Woodstock, Illinois. She earned her MFA in creative writing from...
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Discuss: Reading about Writing
http://www.nprberlin.de/ If you want to learn more about being a writer, or about the craft of writing, there are numerous resources out there for you to reference. There are books, there are websites,...
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Pick-a-Poem: “Entrance”
http://riverwalkmamas.com Welcome, dear blog readers, to another installment of the “Pick-a-Poem” posts here on the Jet Fuel Review blog. Every Wednesday we feature a poem from a poet that you may not...
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Editor’s Notes: #142
Image source: http://editorialiste.blogspot.com Good afternoon, blog readers. I hope you’re enjoying your Sunday so far! This week I bring you some exciting news: the launch of the next Jet Fuel Review...
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Writing Advice: Outlining
http://lagemoyen.blogspot.com In the past, I have discussed the process of outlining. I don’t think it’s any secret, then, that I enjoy outlining. Having an outline gives me a framework to work off as...
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