Inspiration – Page 24 – WRITERS' RUMPUS

Writing and Illustrating: Becoming a Pinball Wizard

By Diana Zipeto Writing and illustrating stories can feel a little like a game of pinball. Use the ball shooter to launch the story idea. Watch

This Fall, I was struck by a bout of writer’s block. I should point out that my writer’s block does not start with the blinking

By Carol Ekster I learned about the powerful quote below, by Maya Angelou, when an instructor shared it in spin class. It touched me. Wanting

Last year a pair of second graders, Cianna and Laura, came to me with a proposal. “Ms. Potoma, we would like to have a book

I first met April at Kindling Words, a writing retreat. We happened to have gotten paired together for a funny ice-breaking activity of looking into

Last week I did a school visit where we discussed “show don’t tell”. To keep things fun, I asked a few brave 5th graders to sample

GUEST POST by Dede Perkins I have a confession to make. Even though I write for a living and tell people I really do love

By Carol Ekster When I first started writing twelve years ago I was naïve and uninformed about the publishing industry. I thought I knew about

Part 3: The Writer’s Retreat If you’ve followed this series, you may have noticed a progression in quantities of time: Part 1, Writing While Waiting,

While reading John Green’s Looking for Alaska recently, I was surprised by the shape of the story. It reminded me of other authors who have

By Carrie Charley Brown You’ve taken the first day of school pictures, posted them on Facebook, and sent the kids back to school, backpacks and

By Diana Zipeto Dr. Seuss (sung to the tune of Neil Young’s “Old Man“) by Diana Zipeto Dr. Seuss, when I look at your life I

Guest Post by Heather Kelly At the start, I thought that writing was a solitary pursuit. I couldn’t have been more wrong. 🙂 Years ago,

I have been a bit busy this summer, traveling and purchasing a new house, and have not been able to write as much as I’d

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