Brad BarkleySep 55 min readIn defense of "pantsers"I’m a “pantser,” though I don’t like that term. But what does it even mean? That I wear pants? That I favor pants? Champion the wearing...
Brad BarkleyJul 317 min readUnderstanding POV: First person or Third?I had a former student/current friend recently ask me about “person “and how it works in deciding between writing in first-person vs....
Brad BarkleyJul 195 min readWhen you are in a moment, stay there!This is for #writers, or for anyone interested in the whole process of writing. I want to talk about metaphors/similes. I will use the...
Brad BarkleyJul 33 min readWhy you should be reading YA fiction What do Margaret Atwood, Michael Chabon, Joyce Carol Oates, Haruki Murakami, Ian McEwan, J.D. Salinger, and Donna Tartt all have in...
Brad BarkleyJun 142 min readWhy you should attend a weekend writing conferenceI’ve been going to the West Virginia Writers annual conference for years. Some years I miss, but I’ve probably attended more than a dozen...
Brad BarkleyJun 33 min readWhere it all starts...Writers often like to talk about their writing spaces, which means, of course, the space where they write, a room with a view, writers’...