SHAULA EVANS

Inspiration & Support for Writers

cover art for 'Serpentine' by Cindy Pon, showing a Chinese woman with one brown eye and one green serpentine eye, in front of a lantern-lit, pagoda-style building — “Reading helps to broaden our worlds, our understanding of people who are not exactly like us, and to foster empathy. What does it mean if […]

Cindy Pon: Reading helps to broaden our worlds

This entry was posted in Diversity and tagged Cindy Pon reading on October 5, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on October 5, 2015)

Plaque posted at 13 de la rue des Beaux-Arts, Paris 6e, where writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) lived during his stay in Paris from 1977 to 1985 — “Any life, however long and complicated it may be, actually consists of a single moment — the moment when a man knows forever more who […]

The Defining Moment

This entry was posted in Quotes Writing and tagged character development Jorge Luis Borges moments on September 29, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on September 28, 2015)

INTERVIEWER: How important has your sense of optimism been to your career? BRADBURY: I don’t believe in optimism. I believe in optimal behavior. That’s a […]

Ray Bradbury on How To Get Things Done

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged attitude productivity psychology of writing Ray Bradbury on September 27, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on September 28, 2015)

a puzzle made of multi-coloured pieces — I want to take a quick, informal survey about representation of marginalized people: Do you see yourself and the people you care about in stories? Who’s missing? […]

Representation: Who’s Missing?

This entry was posted in Diversity and tagged representation on September 7, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on October 5, 2015)

Make a list of of the most horribly on-the-nose titles that you can think of. Make them as painfully bad as you possibly can. List […]

Title Tip: Negative Brainstorming

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged tips title tips titles on August 31, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on September 7, 2015)

The Start and Finish Line of the "Inishowen 100" Scenic Drive — Clark Blaise in his essay “To Begin, To Begin” (to be found in the book How Stories Mean, edited by John Metcalf ) puts forward […]

A Good Beginning Holds the Story’s Ending

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged beginnings endings troubleshooting on August 30, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on August 31, 2015)

Imaginary medicine invented by children at Great Ormond St. — This grabbed me by the heart: Children from transplant wards Fox, Robin and Eagle at @GreatOrmondSt have invented their own imaginary medicines. pic.twitter.com/dqrJkNuG7W — Foundling […]

Make Your Own Medicine

This entry was posted in Prompts & Writing Games on August 13, 2015 by Shaula Evans

colorful map — Some things to consider always when taking on a new world: What are its primary features—spatial, cultural, biological, fantastic, cosmological? What is the world’s ethos […]

Junot Díaz on Worldbuilding

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged Junot Díaz worldbuilding on August 10, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on August 9, 2015)

one red apple among apples in black and white — I have enough vigor and stamina these days to write poems, for which I am very thankful. It takes quite a lot of vigor and […]

Writing Vigor

This entry was posted in Writing on August 7, 2015 by Shaula Evans

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