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Welcome to the Scriptorium, a virtual room for writers. In each monthly issue you’ll find articles, interviews, exercises, book reviews, and more to help you become the best writer you can be. Looking for something in particular? Our departments are listed on the right.
If you’ve forgotten how to get around the new site…between the drop-down menus above and the page links in the right sidebar, you should be able to find everything.
Current Issue:
April 2012
Priorities
by Sherry D. Ramsey
Zero to One
KanBan for Writers
In this issue, Chuck Heintzelman gets up to some KanBanery ~ and gets more productive. And you can, too!
column by Chuck Heintzelman
How Not to Edit A Manuscript
article by Michael LaRocca
6 Freelance Writing Niches That Are Often Overlooked
article by Anne Horan
Structure And The Novel ~ The First 50 Pages
article by Susan Mary Malone
Why You Must Have Passion When Blogging
article by TJ Philpott
A review of The Language of the Night (Ursula K. LeGuin) by Sherry D. Ramsey, and our personal Top Ten list of writing reference books.
Fire up your brain with exercises on mysterious objects, terrifying moments, and opposing viewpoints.
One of the largest collections of writing-related resource links on the web! One hundred and sixty verified links to keep you busy.
Our newest form is a goal-planning worksheet for short-, medium-, and long-term goals. Check here for other useful forms and writers’ tools!
Links to articles on good-looking ebooks, trade journals, thoughts on quality, grammar goofs, and endings.
New creativity exercises, surfspots, and more. A few things might still be missing, but we’re still working to bring everything over from the old site.
Take this month’s Poll!
Last month’s Poll results: We asked: “Do you set writing goals?”
You said:
Yes, I use them to keep my projects on track 31%, 4 votes
No, I like to keep my options open 8%, 1 votes
Yes, it helps to have concrete goals 23%, 3 votes
No, I only end up depressed if I don’t meet them 8%, 1 votes
I’ve never tried goal-setting 0%, 0 votes
I just don’t think it would work for me 0%, 0 votes
I think I’m going to give it a try! 31%, 4 votes
Total Votes: 13
