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Joshua M. Greene: On Balancing Poetry and Conciseness in Biographies Popular lecturer and biographer Joshua M. Greene shares how he handles writing a biography that is both accurate and concise while still illuminating the subjects personality. Author: Apr 5, 2021 Joshua M. Greene is a popular lecturer on Holocaust history and an author whose biographies have sold more than a half-million copies worldwide. Greene’s groundbreaking book on the Dachau war crimes trials, Justice at Dachau: The T...

Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For todays prompt, write an active poem.

2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 3 Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For todays prompt, write a communication poem. Author: Apr 3, 2021 Congratulations! I always think poets who make it through the third day tend to have a better chance of getting through the entire month. And doubly so if they make it through the first weekend. Now lets poem. For todays prompt, write a communication poem. All poems communicate something, I know, but Im thinking of different...

2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 2 Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For todays prompt, write a "what does the future hold" poem. Author: Apr 2, 2021 Wow! That was an exciting first day of poeming. Today, were actually going to do something a little different than normal (on the second day already). For todays prompt, I want you to answer the question, "What does the future hold?" Then, make your answer the title of your poem and write your poem. Your answer...

Plot Twist Story Prompts: Prank Pulled Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, have a character pull a prank. Author: Apr 1, 2021 Plot twist story prompts arent meant for the beginning or the end of stories. Rather, theyre for forcing big and small turns in the anticipated trajectory of a story. This is to make it more interesting for the readers and writers alike. Plot Twist Story Prompts: Prank Pulled For todays prompt, have a character pu...

Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For todays prompt, write an introduction poem.

Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 562 Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started on the Poetic Asides blog. This week, write a spring poem. Author: Mar 17, 2021 Before we get into todays prompt, I just want to mention that this will be the final Wednesday Poetry Prompt until May. In April, well be doing the 14th annual April poem-a-day challenge (guidelines here), and starting Monday, well be doing the 2nd ever April poem-a-day countdown challenge (anno...

2021 April PAD Challenge Countdown: Announcement Announcing the 2nd ever April Poem-A-Day Challenge Countdown on Poetic Asides. Because Im breaking out of my creative funk, lets get poeming early again this year. Author: Mar 16, 2021 Last year, someone on Facebook suggested I start the daily prompting and poeming earlier than usual, since so many people were self-quarantining and social distancing at the moment in the United States and elsewhere around the world. And it was a great call. This y...

Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, its business time.

Richard Alther: How Literary Fiction Is Like a Rorschach Test Novelist Richard Alther explains how his latest book, Bedside Matters, opened his eyes to the writers evolving relationship with their work and the benefit of adding uncertainty to a plot. Author: Mar 11, 2021 Richard Alther was born and raised in suburban New Jersey. He graduated as an English major from Cornell University and pursued twin careers as a writer and painter. He is the author of five novels: The Decade of Blind Dates (...