creative writing – Meg Dowell Writes

How My Science Degree Made Me a Better Creative Writer

I was encouraged to focus on only one subject. In many ways, I’m glad I didn’t…

I have always had a theory that characters are more than made-up pieces of an equally…

I first discovered National Novel Writing Month by accident. If I remember correctly, it was either…

I have been creating stories basically my whole life. I say “creating” because, before I really…

Stories are different from real life in a lot of ways. One major difference is that…

You don’t have to be Type A to write a novel, but it’s definitely an advantage…

College is supposed to be that time in our early young adult life where we start…

One of the worst things we can do as writers, even worse than not writing at…

Not always. But sometimes. It’s not the best idea to consistently force yourself to write “when…

I started writing longer fiction probably in middle school. I wrote a lot of little pieces…