Shaula Evans

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About Shaula Evans

I'm a writer, curator, and community builder. I'm also a passionate advocate of increasing diversity in stories and supporting under-represented writers. I have more than a decade of experience in offering online workshops to support writers in developing their voices and telling their own stories. To find out more about me, read my full bio.

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Thunk! 2 comments

This entry was posted in Creativity on January 15, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on March 2, 2015)

In the garden of gentle sanity, may you be bombarded by coconuts of wakefulness. – Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

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Advice from Your Future Self 3 comments

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged literary citizenship writing advice on January 14, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 12, 2015)

Wouldn’t it be amazing to get a message with writing advice from your future self?

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Four Reasons Why You Should Write a Treatment 3 comments

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged prep screenwriting story summaries treatments on January 13, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on February 17, 2015)

Why would you take the time to write a detailed story summary like a treatment rather than jump into writing the main work? Especially if […]

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70 Is The New 90

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged screenwriting Ted Hope on January 12, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 12, 2015)

Short Features [Will] Become Popular With Artists And Audiences [in 2015]. 70 is the new 90.

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Weekly Check In: 2015 Week Two 12 comments

This entry was posted in Weekly Check In on January 11, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 10, 2015)

  Welcome to the Weekly Checkin for Week Two of the 2015 Writing Year!  

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Putting a New Twist on an Old Story 4 comments

This entry was posted in Prompts & Writing Games and tagged Idea Factory on January 9, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 8, 2015)

  This week in the Idea Factory we’re playing with a fun and infinitely flexible writing prompt that really builds up your storytelling muscles.  

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Quanitity Over Quality 4 comments

This entry was posted in Creativity Writing and tagged creativity failure productivity quality quality vs quanitity risk on January 8, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on March 20, 2015)

The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, […]

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Founder vs Flounder 10 comments

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged usage on January 7, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 8, 2015)

The Shipwreck, by Francis Danby, oil on canvas, 1859. “Founder” and “flounder” are similar words that are often confused. Do you know the difference?

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What is a treatment? 19 comments

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged prep story summaries treatments on January 6, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on March 20, 2015)

A treatment is a full exploration of a story in the form of a detailed story summary. It’s like a preliminary short story version of […]

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