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The Business of Writing: Editing to Suit Market Demands by Brad Windhauser
The Business of Writing: Editing to Suit Market Demands by Brad Windhauser When I watch a movie or read a book and then encounter a forced happy ending, I get annoyed. There’s nothing wrong with a...
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Working with Relationships in Fiction by Brad Windhauser
Working with Relationships in Fiction by Brad Windhauser One of the things I admire about non-fiction writers—let’s say David Sedaris—is how openly they write about their lives; specifically, their...
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A Month of Truth: What Role Does Truth Play in Writing? By Brad Windhauser
A Month of Truth: What Role Does Truth Play in Writing? By Brad Windhauser The truth is relative. This is either a quote I picked up somewhere or it represents the spirit of something I read. For the...
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Re-reading Your Influences: Beyond the Tip of Hemingway’s Iceberg by Brad...
Re-reading Your Influences: Beyond the Tip of Hemingway’s Iceberg by Brad Windhauser My senior year of undergrad, I took an upper-division grammar class, a course designed not to teach us grammar but...
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In Case You Have Missed Them: Authors to Be Reading Now by Brad Windhauser
In Case You Have Missed Them: Authors to Be Reading Now by Brad Windhauser Last month, we discussed writers who have influenced us. Understanding your influences helps you best appreciate how he or she...
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Publishing News for Brad Windhauser
Brad Windhauser is happy to announce that his current short story “Fight or Flight” was just published in Jonathan, issue 8 (available in print and online). In addition he is presenting a paper,...
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A Pet’s Point of View: Showing not Telling in Disney’s Feast by Brad Windhauser
A Pet’s Point of View: Showing not Telling in Disney’s Feast by Brad Windhauser When writing, I’ll explore any topic or idea that piques my interest. However, I typically avoid a child’s point of...
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Allow Drafting to Evolve Your Stories: Using What Is to Help You See What It...
Allow Drafting to Evolve Your Stories: Using What Is to Help You See What It Could Be by Brad Windhauser What your story will become is usually quite different than what you imagined it to be when you...
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Over-stacking the Narrative Deck: True Detective’s Messy Season 2 by Brad...
Over-stacking the Narrative Deck: True Detective’s Messy Season 2 by Brad Windhauser TV shows can fail for several reasons. A project might be overly ambitious, the actors a poor fit for their...
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Giving Feedback—Providing the What and the Why in Order to Help a Writer...
Giving Feedback—Providing the What and the Why in Order to Help a Writer Fully Realize His or Her Story by Brad Windhauser Writers need feedback. This input helps us discover what is working and not...
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My #Pitchwars Experience: How Taking Part in This Cool Experience Enhanced My...
My #Pitchwars Experience: How Taking Part in This Cool Experience Enhanced My Completed Novel by Brad Windhauser Up until three years ago, I didn’t have a Twitter account. I’d heard plenty about how...
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Learn to Use Feedback in Order to Revise Your Work by Brad Windhauser
Learn to Use Feedback in Order to Revise Your Work by Brad Windhauser We all want to make our stories as good as they can be. We take classes in order to hone our craft—and the feedback we get while...
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Writing “The Other”: Creating Characters Different than You by Brad Windhauser
Writing “The Other”: Creating Characters Different than You by Brad Windhauser Oh, I thought a woman had written this story…. You wrote this? But you’re white… I’ve heard these types of comments...
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2015: A Year of Regrouping and Refocusing by Brad Windhauser
2015: A Year of Regrouping and Refocusing by Brad Windhauser This past year I took stock of my various ongoing writing projects. Were they still serving my career goals? Some were, some were not;...
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Goals for 2016 by Brad Windhauser
Goals for 2016 by Brad Windhauser I’m a scheduler, and setting goals (both large and small) keeps my work on track. Part of developing this particular skill means setting goals that are both important...
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Publication News for Brad Windhauser
Brad Windhauser’s new personal essay “Gas Money” was just published at DOAB. In it, he explores a moment from childhood when, set against a backdrop of collecting 80s rock pins and Star Wars figures,...
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Knowing When and How to Show Your Characters’ Emotions by Brad Windhauser
Knowing When and How to Show Your Characters’ Emotions by Brad Windhauser Emotions are a tricky thing. Not because they have the ability to overtake our brains, compelling us to do both bad and good...
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Should the Need for Diversity Become a Requirement? By Brad Windhauser
Should the Need for Diversity Become a Requirement? By Brad Windhauser 2016’s Oscar nominations generated a lot of controversy. In particular, the acting categories were deemed “too white” due to the...
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Guide Your Reader with Smooth, Clear Transitions by Brad Windhauser
Guide Your Reader with Smooth, Clear Transitions by Brad Windhauser When I received notes on my first novel, Regret, one of the first things mentioned related to a character moving from outside to...
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What I’ve Been Reading This Year, with a Special Nod to Laskowski’s...
What I’ve Been Reading This Year, with a Special Nod to Laskowski’s Bystanders by Brad Windhauser I’m halfway to my read-50-books-this-year goal, and although I have enjoyed many of the 25...
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