Art, Artists, & AI
The official stance on AI models in the creative process from Inkwells & Anvils
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Elizabeth Fuselier
Jul 254 min read
A Very Spooky Christmas
Spooky Stories and Christmas? More likely to go together than you think. The tradition of scary ghost stories runs deep.
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Elizabeth Fuselier
May 236 min read
In Praise of Book Clubs
My TBR list is so long, I am often paralyzed by too many choices. It’s a relief to be told, “This is the book we’re reading this month.”
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Little
Jul 10, 20234 min read
A Secret Fourth Thing
The true, the good, and the beautiful: The three traditional transcendentals that many philosophers and saints have considered aspects of...
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Lauren
Jun 5, 20235 min read
Your Characters Need to Suck
When was the last time that you remembered that some people don’t like you? I’ll go first. Last August, I was doing a tour for freshmen...
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Kelly
May 29, 20233 min read
What do you want??
In my last blog post, I wrote about why it is important for your character to want something. Now, let’s dive into some tricks for...
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Catherine
May 22, 20234 min read
A Hop, Skip, & a Jump through Genres
In 8th grade, my last creative writing assignment was to take the first couple chapters of a book (that I can’t recall now) and rewrite...
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Little
May 15, 20235 min read
Write the GOOD Book You Want to Read
Write the book you want to read. It’s age old writing advice. So inspiring. So simple. So intuitive. Because we’ve all been there. We...
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Rob
May 8, 20233 min read
The Sound of Beauty
"Beauty cannot exist in isolation...." A few weeks ago, my girlfriend and I decided to have a movie night. While I physically prepared...
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Paige
Apr 24, 20237 min read
What I Learned at My First Writing Conferences
Much to my own surprise, travel nursing brought me to Salt Lake City in the middle of winter. It’s been snowy and cold, but being in Utah...
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Grace
Apr 17, 20238 min read
Filching Folklore for Fiction Writing
In my previous blog post, I discussed the purpose of folklore, the truths we can find in it, and ultimately what folklore does:...
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Catherine
Apr 10, 20234 min read
What's a Wordsmith?
February 2015. I’m side-stage, getting my microphone and mic-pack taken off so they can be given to the next cast member who needs them...
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Little
Apr 3, 20235 min read
8 tips for giving and receiving critique
“The human mind is generally far more eager to praise and dispraise than to describe and define.” C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves One thing I...
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Kelly
Mar 27, 20233 min read
The "I want" song
What makes any sort of storytelling successful? How do you get audiences to root for your characters? How do you get them to love them?...
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Paige
Mar 20, 20234 min read
Three New Places to Look for Your Next Story Idea
“Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see...
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inkwellsandanvils
Mar 13, 20235 min read
The Power of Worms (and words)
Have you ever thrown a book across the room? Back in the fall, there was a question that made its rounds on Twitter (probably other...
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Lauren
Mar 6, 20234 min read
“Okay, but what about serial killers?”
Listen, let’s set the record straight: I have a history of being squeamish. When I was twelve, I couldn’t watch a cartoon character get...
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Rob
Feb 27, 20234 min read
Five writing tips you already know
“There’s no difference between writing and thinking.” Jordan Peterson told Joe Rogan on Rogan’s podcast episode number 1933. What is...
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Little
Feb 21, 20234 min read
The Best Writing tip? People
Writing is hard. Anyone who attempts the endeavor, whether novice or veteran, knows this to be true. To be concise, yet eloquent,...
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Grace
Feb 20, 20234 min read
Purveyors of Peculiar Lore
When my parents packed me off to undergrad, they were still clinging to the hopes that I would do something “useful” with the English...
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