Writer Unboxed

Nov 1, 2024 | writerunboxed.com | Yasmin Angoe

More terrifying than the Headless Horseman chasing down poor Ichabod Crane or chancier than taking a dip in Jason Vorhees’s Camp Crystal Lake is the thought of having to make friends when being a writer and the act of writing is supposed to be a solitary life. But we must make friends even if it initially seems like the last thing we want to do. Being an active member of the writing community is integral to our writing success and well-being.

Oct 7, 2024 | writerunboxed.com | Greer Macallister

Many years ago, as a writer fresh out of grad school, I was precious with my ideas. After each new idea I had for a book, I worried it would be the last good idea I ever had. I swore friends to secrecy before I would even tell them what I was working on; when I found out a friend had shared the manuscript of my first unpublished novel with a mutual friend, I was furious.

Sep 11, 2024 | writerunboxed.com | Rachel Toalson

“Oh my goodness!” a young blonde woman said. “Are you a real author?”I was sitting at a display table inside my local Barnes & Noble, signing my latest book. “Is this your book?” her friend, a brunette, said. Without waiting for an answer, she picked up my book and flipped through the pages. “It’s my story,” I told her. “I don’t know if I could ever do that,” the blonde said. “Are you interested in writing?” I said. The blonde pointed at the brunette.

Aug 27, 2024 | writerunboxed.com | Emilie-Noelle Provost

In 2016, when the film Manchester by the Sea was released, I went to see it with a friend. The movie, directed by Kenneth Lonergan, tells the story of a reclusive, down-and-out janitor, played by Casey Affleck, who has lost his children in a house fire caused by his own negligence. Depressed and antisocial, he’s forced back into the land of the living after the sudden death of his brother, when he becomes the legal guardian of his teenage nephew.

Jul 31, 2024 | writerunboxed.com | Jillian Forsberg

Please welcome WU’s newest contributor–creative force and debut author, Jillian Forsberg!Jillian holds a master’s degree in public history from Wichita State University and a bachelor’s degree in communication and history from McPherson College. Her historical research has been published in academic journals and she was the editor for Wichita State’s The Fairmount Folio.