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The Writing Craft
Highlighting writing prompts, tips, articles, and personal experience stories


Writers Groups: Connect Locally
Writing can sometimes feel like a solitary journey. We sit alone with our thoughts, crafting stories, poems, or essays that live only in...

Richelle Putnam
Oct 13 min read


Mastering Short Stories: A Guide for Writers
Short stories are powerful precisely because they’re short—every word counts, and structure is everything. Whether you’re writing flash...

Richelle Putnam
Jul 112 min read


Write with Power: Use Strong Nouns and Verbs in Your Writing
Writers often reach for adjectives and adverbs to help describe a scene, action, or emotion. But if you want your writing to truly...

Richelle Putnam
May 272 min read


Facing the Blank Page: Tips on How to Get Started
Writers often put too much pressure on that first sentence. We believe it must be perfect.

Richelle Putnam
May 233 min read


What Home Means
Use the following prompts to explore the idea of "home" without using the word itself. Focus on sensory details, specific descriptions,...

Richelle Putnam
May 202 min read
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