Beware the Information Dump
By Douglas Moser Information dumps happen to the best of us. Hell, sometimes they’re even useful, and warranted. Take your typical TV procedural. The network shows demand a certain format, […]
Writing Lessons from Clown School
By Lauren LoGiudice For the last two summers I traveled to France to stand on a classroom stage and have a Frenchman with a drum tell me how I’m falling […]
How to Give Feedback in Workshop
Hi, this is Jessie McEntee. I’ve worked at WWW as an instructor for almost eight years. I’m sometimes asked for tips on giving great feedback during a workshop. I’d say […]
Notes on dialogue: It’s not just what you say
“I’m just one stomach flu away from my goal weight.” This line, spoken by Emily Blunt in the film “The Devil Wears Prada” (screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna and Lauren […]
Q&A with Rebecca Stay: Showrunner/Creator Sheryl J. Anderson
Sheryl J. Anderson is the Showrunner on the hit Netflix series, Sweet Magnolias, which is releasing season 3 this month. The streamer categorizes the beloved show as “Heartfelt, emotional, and […]
Catching Up With Allison Dickens
Former Penguin and Random House Senior Editor Allison Dickens has taught a slew of WWW classes, from generative workshops in which students write to prompts to revision workshops wherein advanced […]
Marine Assaiante and the Fundamentals of Creating a Web Series
Just days after delivering her second child, Marine Assaiante was back at the computer, determined to finish writing her half-hour pilot. But this writer, producer, actress, also had a passion […]
Q&A with Rebecca Stay
I read somewhere that wisdom = knowledge applied, so for me there was no one better than the honorable showrunner, Donald Todd to talk to about the craft of writing. […]
Five Questions with Poetry Instructor, Cheryl Wilder
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? When Mr. Langford, my high school English teacher, pulled me aside a month before I graduated, a stack of […]
Five Questions with Intro. To Memoir Instructor, Amy Shearn
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I really always wanted to be a writer! I was always a big reader and writing felt like a […]
Five Questions with Lisa Cloherty, Our New Writing For Young Kids Instructor!
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I’ve loved writing all of my life. While my friends were out playing soccer or doing theater, I was […]
Meet Courtney Maum, Our Pitch & Publish Keynote Speaker
Author of five books, including the game changing publishing guide BEFORE AND AFTER THE BOOK DEAL and the memoir, THE YEAR OF THE HORSES, (chosen by The Today Show as […]
Pitch & Publish Conference FAQs
1. I attended the event last year, will there be different agents taking pitches this year? Yes! We have a slate of new agents taking pitches and sitting on our […]
Five Questions with New Instructor, Kate Senecal
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I started writing stories when I was very young, maybe seven or eight, and when I was ten I […]
Five Questions with New Instructor, Martha Petersen
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I’ve been fascinated with words and stories as long as I can remember. When I was very young, maybe […]
Announcing the Jessica Speart Foundation Award
Last year we lost our very special instructor and friend Jessica Speart. Along with her successful career as a bestselling author, Jessica was trained at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, […]
Five Questions with Matt Ember
1. When did you know you wanted to get into film & television? High school. Seriously. I used to come home from practice (wrestling) and watch MASH reruns. 2. What […]
Five Questions with Elise Chidley
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I wrote (and stitched together) my first ‘book’ when I was about eight. It was a story about a […]
Five Questions With Westport Poet Laureate, Jessica McEntee
This past June, Westport’s inaugural Poet Laureate and friend of Westport Writers, Diane Lowman, officially passed the torch to our very own, Jessica McEntee. We recently sat down with Jessie […]
Meet New Orleans Poet Renard Boissiere
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Libby Waterford, Author of Thirteen Novels and Counting….
Writing Commercial and Upmarket Fiction Buy Now
Five Questions with SUSAN SHAPIRO BARASH
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I knew I wanted to be a writer when I was six years old and decided to write a […]
Executive Director Pat Dunn Invites You to Join Us for a Fabulous Fall!
Five Questions and Five Writing Prompts with Gerry Albarelli
1. When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I was pretty young— maybe ten years old. I didn’t necessarily say to myself or to anyone else that […]
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