The inciting incident of the story is the seed from which conflict is introduced. From the inciting incident the spool of your story is unraveled and takes us to interesting places. In this article by guest blogger, Susanne Brent, learn how to identify and create inciting incidents that make your writing enticing.

Looking for places in the valley where you can find creative flow? Ed Skinner identifies several spots with amenities any writer hopes for.

You might recognize yourself in these post-submission symptoms. Read this article if you're ready to kick the blues and get inspired. You’ll also enjoy this list of writer resources.

The 2023 POP Anthology Team gathered around reserved tables on Saturday, February 11th, at First Draft Book Bar, to read and evaluate this year’s anthology submissions: 43 transcendent pieces from 30 writers. Read here to see what’s next.

Some of you may have discovered that artificial intelligence (AI) can be a pretty good writer. That has writers, like you and me, who value the human aspect of our craft a little concerned. In this piece, guest blogger, James Matthew Fox, addresses this issue and assures us that there is a solution.

Follow our journey from idea to published work. Here is the first update on our Beyond Boundaries: Tales of Transcendence Anthology.

Generosity is the key when it comes to building a writing circle. Artists help each other nurture growth and success. See how this author built her supportive circle.

Transcendent experiences are all around us, though we’re often too preoccupied or tired to recognize them. Whether we realize it or not, we crave transcendence. When it happens, we understand something extraordinary has happened—we’ve learned something profound or discovered something beyond our senses that seeps into our body and takes hold of our hearts.

What do William Blake, David Sedaris, Henry David Thoreau, Friedrich Nietzsche, Søren Kierkegaard, Ralph Waldo Emerson, J.K. Rowling, Henry Miller, Stephen King, and Ernest Hemingway have in common besides writing? They were or are walkers. I mean lots of walking. Hours per day. They recognized the power of walking outdoors to release their creativity.

We are seven months into the planning process. Here's what we've done and what we still need to do. Lastly, it's not too late to submit! We'd love your story of transcendence.

The theme of the 2023 anthology is transcendence. Does your submission fit? If you’re not sure, read this.