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The Book Thief: The Problem with Choosing the Wrong (or any) Narrator in a...
The Book Thief: The Problem with Choosing the Wrong Narrator (Review) by Brad Windhauser No, I haven’t read The Book Thief, but when I saw previews for film version of The Book Thief with a friend, she...
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The Year That Was: 2013 Was a Productive, Hectic Year. — Brad Windhauser
The Year That Was: 2013 Was a Productive, Hectic Year. by Brad Windhauser When I was in high school, I ran cross country. I wasn’t very good, in part because I lacked the slender frame that tends to...
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Subtlety in Fiction – Trust Your Audience by Brad Windhauser
Subtlety in Fiction – Trust Your Audience (Anne Tyler’s Breathing Lessons) by Brad Windhauser Understandably, writers want (and need) to develop their world for their readers. To do this, the writer...
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The Benefits of Having Multiple Projects Simmering and Knowing When to Start...
The Benefits of Having Multiple Projects Simmering and Knowing When to Start a New One by Brad Windhauser Although I often multitask, I used to force myself to devote my energy to one project at a...
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Submit to Contests–Or How Submitting to Literary Contests Is Better than...
Submit to Contests–Or How Submitting to Literary Contests Is Better than Playing the Lottery by Brad Windhauser Playing the lottery is a complete waste of time. The odds are so clearly stacked against...
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Re-reading the Classics: Uncovering the Precision Crafting in Faulkner’s “A...
Re-reading the Classics: Uncovering the Precision Crafting in Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” by Brad Windhauser One of the best things you can do for your sense of your craft is to read. Even better:...
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Are You Obligated to Finish What You Start? (Or, When to Put A Bad Book Down)...
Are You Obligated to Finish What You Start? (Or, When to Put A Bad Book Down) by Brad Windhauser and Ron Hayes How do readers in general and writers specifically feel about putting a book down before...
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A Fiction Writer’s Appreciation for Poetry by Brad Windhauser
A Fiction Writer’s Appreciation for Poetry by Brad Windhauser What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then run? Does it stink like rotten...
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Generating Story and Character Ideas from Writing Prompts: The 5Writers’...
Generating Story and Character Ideas from Writing Prompts: The 5Writers’ Group Story Where do story and character ideas come from? The oldest and most clichéd piece of writing advice is to write what...
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5 writers Group Story – The Opening Scene by Brad Windhauser
5 writers Group Story – The Opening Scene by Brad Windhauser Gavin listens for neighbors on the sidewalk in the fall leaves, strains his ears for a car turning onto their street. A cricket chirps, and...
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5Writers Group Story Writing Experience: What We Learned Working from a...
5Writers Group Story Writing Experience: What We Learned Working from a Writing Prompt Brad: I have often waited for inspiration to strike, relying on this phenomena to generate story ideas. Once in a...
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The Path to Publication by Brad Windhauser
The Path to Publication by Brad Windhauser Like most schools, Calvert Street Elementary had a Spring fundraiser, which asked students to sell chocolate candy bars for a dollar apiece. The catch: you...
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Staying Motivated Means Staying in Shape by Brad Windhauser
Staying Motivated Means Staying in Shape by Brad Windhauser I’ve become ensnared in World Cup soccer. Like most people I know here in Philly, I don’t have a particular interest in soccer normally and,...
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Paying the Bills by Brad Windhauser
Paying the Bills by Brad Windhauser I’m fortunate enough to have a full-time teaching job, one that affords me a flexible schedule conducive to writing and a decent paycheck. But I wasn’t always so...
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Growing up as a Writer: Learning to Think as a Writer by Brad Windhauser
Growing up as a Writer: Learning to Think as a Writer by Brad Windhauser Henry James famously said, “A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost.” I stress this with my students every semester. But...
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David Fincher’s Gone Girl – Preserving Your Story When Adapting a Novel to...
David Fincher’s Gone Girl – Preserving Your Story When Adapting a Novel to the Screen [Spoilers late in the article] by Brad Windhauser I’m a fan of Flynn’s novel, Gone Girl, and I have been eagerly...
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Death in Writing – It’s Not a Story Unless Someone Dies by Brad Windhauser
Death in Writing – It’s Not a Story Unless Someone Dies by Brad Windhauser I don’t have a morbid fascination with death. I didn’t grow up surrounded by death. Although I did have the extreme misfortune...
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Paying Tribute to the Ones Who Have Inspired and Supported You – Adding...
Paying Tribute to the Ones Who have Inspired and Supported You – Adding Little Flourishes to Your Stories by Brad Windhauser With Thanksgiving approaching, we have decided to discuss a different way to...
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Whiplash: How Bad Do You Want It? (a Review) by Brad Windhauser
Whiplash: How Bad Do You Want It? (a Review) by Brad Windhauser What elevates a person from being a really good writer, painter, or musician into being an Artist? The answer to this question thumps at...
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The Year That Was: Reflecting on 2014 and Looking Ahead to 2015 by Brad...
The Year That Was: Reflecting on 2014 and Looking Ahead to 2015 by Brad Windhauser When I was a kid, the approach of Christmas made me giddy: the decorated tree, my aunt’s delicious cookies, the large...
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