Head honcho Jordan Riley Swan and Editor Extraordinaire Diane Callahan test out their own fantasy and sci-fi worldbuilding fundamentals...

Join Jordan Riley Swan, Diane Callahan, and Caroline the Henchman at the Story Garden Publishing office as we randomly mix genres to...

Curio fiction as a subgenre places the fantastic alongside the mundane, yet the story’s speculative elements feel subtle compared to...

The 50-Word Challenge returns, with me giving storyteller Joe Webb a new writing prompt every fifty words. We wanted to show the playful...

Joe Webb comes up with the best writing challenges! In our latest YouTube collab, Joe gave me a different prompt every fifty words while...

Folktales ignite our imaginations and reveal facets of human nature. In any story, writers design challenges that force their characters...

I teamed up with YouTuber Joe Webb The Storyteller to write two stories ONE SENTENCE AT A TIME, with each of us taking turns. The results...

My collaboration video with Joe Webb, where we each wrote a story using the same prompt, inspired me to share my recipe for writing...

I had so much fun doing this storytelling collaboration with Joe Webb over on his channel! Using the same writing prompt, we both crafted...

A story concept is the general idea of what a story will be about in terms of the plot, characters, and setting. As a writing exercise,...

Great writers equip themselves with an arsenal of words. An expansive vocabulary allows one to capture precise images and emotions, but...

“Through others we become ourselves.” ― Lev S. Vygotsky Echo exercises are a way to practice absorbing, analyzing, and imitating another...