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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What makes this a good story? 2 comments

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged analysis on December 25, 2014 by Shaula Evans (updated on December 25, 2014)

It happened one Christmas Eve a long time ago in a place called Oakland on a newspaper called the Tribune with a city editor named […]

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Even Writers Get Vacations 6 comments

This entry was posted in Creativity on December 24, 2014 by Shaula Evans (updated on June 8, 2015)

Yes, even writers get vacations. You might think that statement is not true, especially as there’s a great deal of silly canonical writing advice flying […]

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5 Ways to Connect Character & Setting

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged character development location specificity on December 23, 2014 by Shaula Evans (updated on December 23, 2014)

The relationship between character and location in narrative fiction fascinates me. I find that exploring the connection between characters and their location yields incredible story […]

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Japanese Proverb #2

This entry was posted in Quotes and tagged dilligence Japan perseverance on December 22, 2014 by Shaula Evans (updated on December 21, 2014)

With many small strokes a large tree is felled. 小打も積もれば大木を倒す — Japanese Proverb

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Idea Factory Writing Prompt #1 5 comments

This entry was posted in Prompts & Writing Games and tagged writing prompt on December 19, 2014 by Shaula Evans (updated on December 19, 2014)

Welcome to the inaugural edition of our weekly Idea Factory writing prompt series!

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7 Writing Tips from Desiree Akhavan 4 comments

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged character development Desiree Akhavan writing tips on December 18, 2014 by Shaula Evans (updated on December 19, 2014)

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3 Ways Writers Can Use Google's Language Tool

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged writing tools on December 17, 2014 by Shaula Evans (updated on February 20, 2015)

The Google Ngram Viewer is one of my all-time favourite secret-weapon writing tools. It’s a free tool from Google that can show you when a […]

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John Sayles: Location, location, location 6 comments

This entry was posted in Writing on December 16, 2014 by Shaula Evans (updated on February 16, 2015)

Location, location, location. Where the scene is shot is a huge part of the story – telling information on the screen, at times more like […]

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Creative wisdom from a world-famous geisha 3 comments

This entry was posted in Quotes and tagged innovation Japan on December 15, 2014 by Shaula Evans (updated on December 15, 2014)

If I don’t try something new, [my] performance is going to go moldy. ― Ichimaru (市丸) When was the last time you tried something new […]

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