Charlotte Lit’s Blog
Welcome to Charlotte Lit’s literary arts blog. What you’ll find here: reviews, interviews, craft essays, previews of literary arts events, and anything else that catches our attention.
Welcome to Charlotte Lit’s literary arts blog. What you’ll find here: reviews, interviews, craft essays, previews of literary arts events, and anything else that catches our attention.
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Let Me Tell You What I’ve Learned During the War: Children’s Books in Bomb Shelters and Beyond
/in Blog /by Charlotte Lit Adminby Oksana Lushchevska Let me begin by taking you back to February 23rd, 2022. It was the day before Russia started a full-scale war in Ukraine. As a creative writer and instructor, I was teaching a “How to Write Children’s Books” course to my Ukrainian colleagues, future and current writers of these types of books. […]
“I’ve Always Wanted to Write a Book”
/in Blog, Craft, Events, Skill Development, Workshops, Writing /by Megan RichWhen I meet someone new, within the first few minutes, they inevitably ask, “So what do you do?” It’s an innocent question, but one that often leads to an interesting end: “I’m a writer,” I say, and many look wistfully into the distance and reply, “I’ve always wanted to write a book.” A natural encourager, I invite […]
Disrupting Process
/in Blog, Craft, Events, Skill Development, Workshops, Writing /by Julie FunderburkProcess, the stages of creating—this is where a writer’s real power is. By being mindful of process and concentrating on the series of steps involved, rather than the final product itself, we end up where we want to be. Process means giving yourself the chance to begin. It’s the best cure if you haven’t written […]
Because You Asked About the Line Between Prose and Poetry
/in Blog, Craft, Events, Skill Development, Workshops, Writing /by Luke WhisnantIt’s 1972, I’m 15 years old, I’ve been writing seriously for about a year, I’m holed up in the only bathroom of our crappy run-down apartment in East Charlotte, my sister is banging on the locked door, and I’m slumped down in the lukewarm bathwater reading. LINT I’m haunted a little this evening by feelings […]