Coming up next week at the Writing Academy, we are so excited to have author, performer, and all around great person, Melissa Brayden talking to the class about giving an author reading. Melissa walks participants through the important concept of nailing that author reading every time. (Even if you’re an introvert!) After Melissa’s class, we give the students a chance to do their own author reading for each other. It’s a great, safe way to practice performing in front of a gr

The GCLS Writing Academy is always growing, always changing. We’re constantly adding new classes, hiring new instructors, and reading up on current pedagogies to give our students a quality experience in creative writing education. One way we work to improve our program is by offering a variety of scholarships, both full and partial, to make the course accessible to everyone. We’ll be showcasing all the scholarships we offer over the next couple months. Today, we’re focused o

Today, we’re excited to feature a guest post from Writing Academy graduates, Rita Potter and Lori G. Matthews who met during their time in the academy and got together to create an excellent project! Rita Potter: How did two students from the Writing Academy decide to collaborate on a zany superhero story? I’ll let Lori tell you how it happened. Lori G. Matthews: The GCLS Writing Academy seemed like a perfect environment to hone my writing skills, and the small class size, ad

This week, we’re talking about point of view in the writing academy. Choosing the point of view for your novel is sometimes the hardest decision to make. Do you want to stay in the head of your main character? Do you want to switch back and forth between two? Are you looking for an up-close and personal experience with a first-person narrator? Or perhaps you want the distance offered by an omniscient narrator who doesn’t speak in the voice of any of the characters but knows a