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An update from the Q&P Founders
For more than 11 years, the Quill & Pint has gathered in locations in and around Burbank, California (and points online) for many fun,...
thequillandpint
Dec 29, 20242 min read
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Filling the Plot Hole of Despair
As writers, we've all done it: created a cool story, had fun doing it, gave it a satisfying ending, then shared it so others could join on t
Erik Day
Sep 6, 20234 min read
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The Writer's Toolkit: Dialogue
Two characters talking bridges the gap between showing and telling: they're literally telling each other that something happened. You, the w
Erik Day
Jul 6, 20233 min read
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Writer, It’s Everywhere
So you want to write something, but you don’t have something to write. Writing prompts often get your creative juices flowing, but what...
Marcy Dewey Mahoney
Jun 28, 20234 min read
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Fear and Loathing in New Projects
How to get through the six sides of fear
Bryan Mahoney
Jun 21, 20234 min read
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Interval Training... on a Keyboard
Sounds odd to have a blog post on writing titled with something usually associated with athletic conditioning, but this is one of those situ
Erik Day
Jun 14, 20234 min read
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Choose your words carefully
The best advice I ever got about my writing was also, on its face, pretty dumb. I was fortunate enough to have a colleague who was also...
Bryan Mahoney
May 24, 20233 min read
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Thoughts on Publishing, A Year Later
It's my week to write a blog post here on the Quill & Pint, and though I did write a fresh new blog post this week, it was for my author...
Marcy Dewey Mahoney
May 17, 20231 min read
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Sabotage: An Inside Job
There a million stories, from real-life to fictional interpretations, of the act of sabotage. Breaking something on the sly.
Erik Day
May 12, 20232 min read
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Why do we need editors?
Two things about a writer’s relationship with an editor: They are working toward the same goal (making the piece the best it can be), and...
Bryan Mahoney
May 2, 20231 min read
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A Writer's Small Victories
There are times when you sit down to write and the muse flows through you. Story appears on the page with ease and excitement, and you...
Marcy Dewey Mahoney
Apr 19, 20233 min read
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Soundtrack to a Scene: my misadventures in writing to music
The hero slides along the wall, leaving a streak of blood from his wounds. His heartbeat pounds in his ears, drowning out his shallow...
Erik Day
Apr 12, 20234 min read
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Overcoming the Fear of Putting Your Work Out There
We all have our irrational fears – clowns, alien abductions, zombies, the three little circles formed by the lenses of an iPhone (also...
Marcy Dewey Mahoney
Mar 22, 20235 min read
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Journalism hacks from an old hack
I came to my journalism career about 40 years too late. I had the instinct and the drive to pursue a topic like Woodward or Bernstein. At...
Bryan Mahoney
Mar 16, 20233 min read
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Isolated in a Crowd: Tuning Out to Tune In
Words. I don't know how you feel about words, but in my experience, they're skittish little creatures that often have a mind of their...
Erik Day
Mar 8, 20233 min read
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A Font-ing We Will Go
That screaming you heard last month originating from the Toluca Lake/Burbank area was just me. It sounded like this: “Caliiibriiiii...
Bryan Mahoney
Feb 22, 20232 min read
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Incorporating Play Can Be Good For Your Writing
The Quill & Pint’s Saturday Creative Writing Workshops are designed to help you pull the roughest of stories out of your brain from an...
Marcy Dewey Mahoney
Feb 15, 20233 min read
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Separating Genius from Inspiration
I'm writing a story. Maybe you are, too. Something sparked that story: an idea or a conversation in your head. Perhaps it was the look of...
Erik Day
Feb 8, 20233 min read
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February with The Quill & Pint
Howdy Writers! Here's what's on deck from The Quill & Pint for February 2023! WORKSHOPS Our upcoming Saturday Creative Writing Workshops...
Marcy Dewey Mahoney
Feb 1, 20232 min read
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AI and the future of writing
By the time you read this post, it will be woefully outdated. That’s the speed at which things change in the world of Artificial...
Bryan Mahoney
Jan 25, 20233 min read
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