The Writers’ Nook is a safe and positive environment in which to learn more about the art of writing.
January 11, 2023
The Creative Journey
A huge misconception about creativity is it’s all fun and games. Doodle! Play! Come up with ideas and it’s true… but do you want something to show for it?
December 7, 2022
Rhythm in Writing
Did you knoow here’s music in writing? Writing can stutter and stumble or hop and skip putting a smile on your face. Rhythm is hugely underrated in writing.
November 16, 2022
Mood and Atmosphere
The mood and atmosphere of a piece of writing creates its emotional complexion—it conjures the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader.
November 9, 2022
Magic in your bucket
Thanks to Justin Zackham and Jack Nicholas we know what a bucket list is. So what’s in your bucket and how do you make the magic?
October 5, 2022
New Years’ in October
Summer’s over, autumn is here. Now I can stop procrastinating and find inspiration to write more! But how?
June 1, 2022
We end with Poetry
Writing is a journey. May you travel that road well and find success in your travels this summer.
May 18, 2022
Selected Poetry
You can enjoy and even write poetry without analyzing it but doing so can reap rich rewards!
April 20th, 2022
Your Tone
“Don’t take that tone of voice with me!” Hear that? They’re responding to how the tone of your words made them feel.
April 6, 2022
Harnessing Your Imagination
What is this ability to experience others’ emotions, their world, or the pebble in their shoe?
March 23rd, 2022
We will be holding an open mic coffee house for writers via zoom on Wednesday, March 23, 2022.
March 16, 2022
The Nature of Creativity
What is creativity, who are creative writers, what is creative literature and what makes it so?
March 2, 2022
The Writers’ Needs
Henry Van Dyke said that, “The woods would be silent if no bird sang but the one that sang the best.”
February 16th, 2022
Tools at Your Disposal
Rhetoric is the art of persuasion which, along with grammar and logic, are considered…
February 2, 2022
Past, Present and Future
We, in our culture, are obsessed with time. We eat, sleep, and play by the hands on the clock…
January 26, 2022
Coffee House
We will be holding an open mic coffee house for writers via zoom on Wednesday, January 26, 2022.
January 19, 2022
Dead Metaphors
Why do we use metaphors in writing? Because they can make our words come to life.
January 12, 2022
Poetry
This presentation will last approximately one hour. There is no charge.
January 5, 2022
Adjectives and Adverbs
Great writing is tight writing. Tight means each word has a strategic purpose.
December 8th, 2021
Christmas Party
No recording for this session.
November 24, 2021
Presentation Skills
Here’s a little trade secret especially for writers, reading your own copy aloud to yourself or to someone else you trust…