Archive - Elayne Crain, Writer of Childish Things

📌Gotta Have Faith, Faith, Faith...

...but faith comes with a price, named "practice"

Apr 26 •

📌 Go Down The Rabbit hOle With Me...

into an interactive kid's museum in Kansas City that celebrates picture books!

Apr 20 •

📌 The Objective Correlative

Not as scary as it sounds, turns out!

Apr 15 •

📌 What Do I Want My Stories to DO?

A strange list from a strange (yet earnest) fellow creative.

Apr 2 •

March 2024

💌 March '24: Monthly Wrap-Up

Marchin' to my own drum 🧑‍🎤🪘

Mar 31 •

📌 Honing (or Harnessing) Your Writing Voice

Hard-won (or, perhaps, hardly-won 😂) advice for the stymied or stumped

Mar 26 •

📌 My First, Best Muse and Editor (Alas): Me

Trying to balance my inner Anne Shirley and Viola Swamp tendencies

Mar 18 •

📌 On Flinching (or Not)

Staring down your "Why," whether it's Lindsey Buckingham or being in over your head when babysitting

Mar 11 •

📌 Plot...or Not?

Confession: I still can get little flustered about what EXACTLY I'm revising

Mar 4 •

February 2024

💌 February '24: Monthly Wrap-Up

Happy Leap Day!

Feb 29 •

📌Eat That Frog: A Strangely Satisfying Morning Ritual

Nom, ("RIBBIT!"), nom, nom!

Feb 25 •

📌 The Rank and File of Manuscripts

Placing (and naming) your work files so you can play and revise without worry

Feb 19 •

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