From the Archive
Writers, Why a Word for the Year?
You’ve heard it asked. What’s your word for the year? This inquiry is everywhere come late December—people blogging about it and posting their word (and […]
Happy New Year 2018
Happy New Year! The end of 2017 saw a lot of wonderful and exciting changes for Inspire. Our newest (and incredibly accomplished!) Board members round […]
5 Lessons from the Creative Road
The Creative Road. We’ve probably all heard the famous Robert Frost quote, “Two roads diverged in a wood, I took the one less traveled by, […]
How to Flesh Out Your Characters
Well-rounded characters are equally as important to a story as the plot. They are what makes a reader feel for what is happening in a […]
Small Yet Mighty: One Secret for Powerful Storytelling in Shorter-Form Fiction
One day last spring, I was exiting the grocery store and stopped to look at the flyers posted on the community bulletin board. There was […]
Writing Articles: An Interview with Marci Seither
Marci Seither has been published in Guideposts Magazine and has had hundreds of articles published in local and national publications. Her first nonfiction book, The […]
Does Passion Trump Talent?
“The boy pulled the fiddle from its hiding place inside the wardrobe, opening the tattered leather case with care. Placing the wooden instrument under his […]
Becoming a “Real” Writer
I’ve been writing my whole life, but I didn’t feel like a real writer. If people asked, “What do you do?” I’d tell them I’m […]
Self-Editing Any Writer Can Do
Editing. The word strikes fear and dread into writers. Where do you start? How much do you tinker before hiring a pro? How can you […]





