Check out the brand new DePaul Writers Guild website!
Thanks to the efforts of the UCWbL dynamic duo Mark Brand and Mark Jacobs, the DePaul Writers Guild has a website for your viewing and reading enjoyment.
Tag Archives: creative writing
Can you teach creativity?
In the June 2013 issue of Harper’s, columnist Thomas Frank approaches this question from a refreshing angle: it turns out we’re pretty confident that you can teach creativity, for just think of how many books have been published to cash in … Continue reading
Declare War on Writer’s Block! : Trends and New Ideas for Short Story Prompts
“A mad scientist approaches you with an offer—he will heighten one of your senses, but it will make one of your other senses duller. It isn’t optional; he’s going to perform the surgery anyway, but you get to choose which … Continue reading
What’s New in the SQ Book Club: Flash Fiction and Collaborative Writing!
For those of you who don’t know, we’ve been mixing it up this quarter in the CMWR’s Book Club. Rather than read a single book throughout the quarter with our group of multilingual participants, we’ve been reading a different piece of flash fiction each … Continue reading
My Advice: Don’t Take Any Advice At All
I recently discovered this lovely blog consisting of pictures of authors scribbling advice for aspiring writers on their hands. The authors are mainly fantasy authors, but even if you’re not into genre fiction, it’s a nice little boost of … Continue reading
Submit your work to EGSA 2013 by Monday, April 8!
The conferences just keep coming. DePaul’s very own English Graduate Student Assocation’s spring conference is on the horizon, and luckily, they’ve pushed back the deadline for submissions for another few days. Here are the guidelines for submission: “The Spring English … Continue reading
The Voice of the People… or Characters
When you read a book, what’s one of the first things you notice? Is it the setting? Is it the use of concrete versus abstract details? Is it the way the writer chooses to open the story? Or is it, … Continue reading
Suck It Up and Take It
I usually have no problem taking criticism. Well, not when it comes to my writing at least. I know the value of a workshop class and I like the fact that I am able to get feedback on my stories … Continue reading
DeNo-What-Bre?!: The Painful Process of Creative Writing
I’ve always wanted to participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo); there’s something romantic and adventurous about a group of over-caffeinated writers typing furiously to beat their self-imposed deadline. For the uninformed, NaNoWriMo is a nation-wide celebration of literacy – … Continue reading
Help Us Make Threshold Awesome
DePaul’s Literary Magazine, Threshold, is now accepting submissions from any and all writers!