INKsightful, INKouraging, RidINKulous is a series of babbles from our members on writing, advice, or general whimsy. All of which are randomly said in our Discord server during the various conversations that take place. Jeremy Mifsud (@poetrybyjeremy) said this: “cause why not have fun? life isn’t just about …
Dealing with peer review feedback can be absolutely brutal. It’s painful enough that many people shy away from the process time and again even if they know the feedback would help them. No matter how much you love and respect your critique partners, it hurts sometimes. Knowing they’re competent …
When INKubator set up its charter, the four founding admins appointed three community members to the Board to help get the community running and to enable the Board to make decisions for the community. They were given a three month term–half the time of an elected term of office. This …
For this exercise, we’re going in a very different direction. It’s good to mix up what you work on to keep yourself from losing too many other skills while focusing on a particular area. Also if you vary, you’re less likely to get frustrated and tired of things and want …
INKsightful, INKouraging, RidINKulous is a series of babbles from our members on writing, advice, or general whimsy. All of which are randomly said in our Discord server during the various conversations that take place. From Jeremy Mifsud: Constance Watson suggests: R. Jean Bell on dialogue tags and …
Renga is a form of collaborative poetry that originated in Japan. Here at the INKubator, it’s a daily, ongoing event for the entire community. This is the first renga we’ve written as a group. We started this right after we opened our doors and it came together well. So prepare …
Hosts Damian Jay Clay and Jasmine Arc have managed to lure another victim, @Aksounder, onto INKreadables to discuss all things writing-related. Jasmine got to pick last week’s article, a blog post by Chuck Wendig. This time, we discussed one of Damian’s favourite pieces: an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, called …
The Exercise For this next assignment, we want to stay with the essential territory of shows, but look at how showing integrates with the point of view of our narrating character. Choose a setting or object and show it from the perspective of three characters so that it portrays …
We’re very proud to announce the first episode of our new, bi-weekly podcast, INKreadables. A show in which hosts Damian Jay Clay and Jasmine Arch will be discussing anything and everything about writing. Every two weeks, they’ll have a guest over to discuss a writing article, what it taught them …
If we want to grow as writers, we need to practice our craft, push our boundaries, and hone our abilities to control the mechanics of the written word. Mastering the rules is essential before you start breaking them. How else can we know what rule to break and when …
