Perhaps the most important element of starting a new, successful business is finding a way to attract positive attention to what your company does. It is impossible to run a lucrative business if no one knows that it exists. One of the most successful yet overlooked […]

I can only assume that you’ve clicked on this article because you want to become a writer. Congratulations! You are one of the hundreds of thousands of millions of people who think to themselves, “Maybe I should write a book someday.” It’s important to know moving forward […]

Dear Creative Writing, I think we might need to break up. I’m not going to bother you with the, “It’s not you, it’s me,” line because I think we both know that isn’t true. You have been noticeably absent from my life for months now and I […]

With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, it is likely that we all will spend a lot of time in the upcoming weeks thinking about love. All too often, when we think about love, we only legitimize romantic love. Love is a multi-faceted emotion that covers a broad scope; […]

I believe that it is our nature to split our lives into sections. When we look back on our lives, we divide them into eras. For me, those eras are marked by whatever book series I was obsessed with at the time—in fourth and fifth grade I […]

Conflict is the driving force of any story because of how it influences the sequence of events in a plot. Conflict may occur within the character’s own mind (internal conflict) or between a character and an outside force (external conflict). No matter what way it is presented, […]

“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” —Robert Bloch As we approach the spooky season, I have found myself exploring humanity’s fascination with fear. Since the beginning of mankind, humans have been […]

At ten-years-old, I was a tall, lanky fourth grader with grown up teeth far too big for my small, childlike mouth. I had long, blonde curls that my mother insisted on dressing up with ribbons and bows and that was the first year that I could wear […]

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Snapchat—these are just a few of the many social media platforms that can be utilized to connect with friends and family, keep up with world events and to help market your business. As people living in the twenty-first century, we have been […]

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use the more you have.” – Maya Angelou Creativity is one of the defining characteristics of mankind. Humans seem to possess an inherent need to create and that sense of artistry, coupled with imagination and ambition, has led to […]