by Guy Anthony De Marco | Jun 29, 2018 | Contests & Open Calls
Missouri Writers Guild ~ 2018 AUTUMN “Flash” CONTEST Theme: “Tell Me a Story” Submission Guidelines Missouri Writers’ Guild (MWG) invites writers to submit original, unpublished works of “flash poetry” and “flash prose,” both fiction and nonfiction, to the MWG 2018...
by Guy Anthony De Marco | Jun 15, 2018 | Events, MWG Chapter News
Boonslick Creative Writers Lunch & Learn Saturday, June 30, 2018. Lunch first, then Pitch Sessions: 12 blocks, 15-minute each. For the Learn, we are asking you to send us questions you have about different aspects of writing. The questions will be used for a...
by Guy Anthony De Marco | May 30, 2018 | Events
There’s no one right way to begin your story – but there are plenty of wrong ones, as author Arianne “Tex” Thompson will discuss at her June 2 workshop entitled “The Seven Deadly First-page Sins.” She will take you on a cautionary tour through the...
by Guy Anthony De Marco | May 30, 2018 | Member Blog
How can you tell when a clock is really tense? When it’s all wound up. Creating tension by using some form of a limit is one of the easiest methods to ratchet up the tension in any manuscript, from novel to play to movie script. When many newer authors first...
by Guy Anthony De Marco | May 22, 2018 | Member Blog
One of the most feared things in the world is death, followed closely by speaking in public. Some folks equate the two as the same thing. Considering that most authors are solitary beasts that hide in their writing dens and poke keys and scribble lines that magically...
