Camas Rain - Writer, Editor, Educator

12/24/2020

English is tough!

Oh, English! You scoundrel!

03/07/2018

http://www.thewriteprompts.com/category/word-prompts/

07/10/2016

The Flash Fiction Challenge is a competition that challenges writers around the world to create original stories no longer than 1,000 words.

05/13/2015

Ha!

Took me a couple of seconds, share when you get it 😊

04/21/2015

Writing is good even for people who don't fancy themselves as "writers."
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com//2015/01/19/writing-your-way-to-happiness/

Some researchers believe that by writing and then editing our own stories, we can change our perceptions of ourselves and identify obstacles that stand in the way of better health.

03/21/2014

The Onion - America's Finest News Source

02/19/2014

12/25/2013

This is a fantastic article. The style of writing is the style that inspired me to pursue writing; and the book was one of the first books I studied for my degree. Thanks for sharing Casey Dehe!

On the isolated shore of the Savage River, in the backcountry of interior Alaska, there’s a small memorial to a deceased woman named Claire Ackermann. A pile of rocks sits on a metal plaque with an inscription that reads, in part: “To stay put is to exist; to travel is to live.”

12/14/2013

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/if-i-was-vs-if-i-were/

10/09/2013

Script Pipeline's Writers Workshop: the industry-leader in script development, from concept, to final product, to circulation. Get exposure to agents, managers, and producers. Former Pipeline writers have gone on to sell close to $5 million in specs, including last year's Snow White and the Huntsman...

06/23/2013

This is a great 60 second read on a writing trick :) If you take grammar a simple lesson at a time, it's not overwhelming :)

So…that… is a subordinating conjunction. Using so…that… we can combine clauses that show a cause and effect relationship. Exercise Combine the following sentences using so… that… 1. The box is very heavy. I cannot lift it. 2. My brother worked

05/30/2013

Great article on creating backstory! The comments at the end are really good too. http://www.janiewrites.com/backstory/

There are several ways to include backstory in your fiction writing, but before you even start thinking about how you are going to insert it, you need to create it. Each of your main characters nee...