Working Within Constraints Fuels Writing Creativity by Brad Windhauser
Working Within Constraints Fuels Writing Creativity By Brad Windhauser Some of the best writing for TV you will ever find comes from Seinfeld. Out of all the famous episodes, one of the best writing...
View ArticleWorking Within The Restrictions of Film Writing
By Jennie Jarvis More than any other form of writing, I believe that screenwriters, especially those writing for mainstream and not independent movies, have the most difficult time working within the...
View ArticleWriting Under Constraints: The Writing, Working, Commuting, and Cooking Mom...
This month, we are delighted to welcome Melanie Neale as a guest blogger to 5Writers.com. Melanie Neale grew up living aboard a 47’ sailboat with her parents and her sister. The family traveled the US...
View ArticleThink Inside the Box
by Darlene Cah I’ve posted, many times, about the connection between improvisational theater and writing. This month, our blog topic is “writing in constraints.” How could that possibly relate to...
View Article“Tennis Anyone?” or: “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Handcuffs”
by Ron Hayes Stockholm Syndrome. Harry Houdini. Robert Frost. Spelunking. A short but strange list, no? It may not be obvious right away, but there is a thread of commonality that runs through it. But...
View ArticleSpecial Edition – Horror Writing: Playing an Insidious Game by Sidney Williams.
This month, 5writers.com is delighted to welcome guest blogger Sidney Williams. Sidney Williams is the author of numerous traditionally horror and thriller novels and short stories. His work has been...
View ArticlePreparing For A Writing Conference
By Jennie Jarvis As many of you may know, we are smack dab in the middle of Conference season, and hopefully this means that you have already attended a Writing Conference this year or you are planning...
View ArticleWriting For Young Audiences
by Jennie Jarvis Last month, I had the privilege of moderating a panel at the Florida Writers Conference on writing for young audiences. Speaking on the panel were the following dynamic writers: New...
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