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National Punctualtion Day – 9/24/08

September 24th, 2008 in Writing by Debra Eckerling

Today is National Punctuation Day®! This holiday was founded in 2004 by former newspaper man Jeff Rubin in order to promote writing and literacy. In essence this should be a day of reflection to remind us how garbled the written word would be if not for punctuation. Just for fun try to write a paragraph [...]

2008 Writers Faire at UCLA – 9/7/08

September 3rd, 2008 in Writing by Write On! Online

The 9th Annual Writers Faire, presented by the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program will be this Sunday, September 7, 11am-3pm, at the UCLA Campus: Young Hall Courtyard. The event features 24 free mini-panels and lectures in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, writing for the youth market, playwriting, publishing, feature film writing, and television writing. Also, there will [...]

Write On! Writers

August 8th, 2008 in Writing by Debra Eckerling

The secret to successful writing is accountability and productivity; the more you write, the more you improve. Set reasonable goals, throw them out to the universe, strive to improve, and you will succeed. The “original” Write On! started in 1994 at Barnes & Noble in Schaumburg, Illinois. More than 2,000 miles and 7 years later, [...]