Last year, I volunteered to trade manuscripts with a stranger. If I remember correctly, her manuscript was one of her first completed novels—and just a few short months later, Deanna Barnhart‘s running a very successful writing blog, with an awesome blogfest this month:

Today, we’re supposed to post a writing question, so here’s mine.

I’ve been studying writing craft since I was a teenager—which isn’t a super long time ago (I’ll just tell you, I’m 28), but still, I couldn’t seem to exactly remember how I learned to write. A couple months ago, it came to me: the Internet.

In the mid-nineties, there was this website on writing craft. It might have even been an ezine. It had some pretty good stuff. The site color scheme was red and black, and it might have had a grayish color background.

The only concrete writing advice I can remember from the site was to edit (what a concept!) and a story one student had written that involved postcards and balloons. It had a sleepy beginning, but the author of the article (who wasn’t the author of the story) suggested the story author add two sentences to the beginning of the story that would help highlight the poignancy of the postcards to the readers.

I think I came across the site again a few years ago, so it might still be out there. I also think it had some form of the word “write” in the name and URL.

My question: where can I find this website?

Last week was our first Writing Wednesday. Maybe one of these articles will help answer your question!

• James Duckett – How to use semicolon
• James Duckett – How to use i.e. and e.g. correctly
• Tristi Pinkston – Targeting Your Audience
• Betsy Love – Clarity
• Alex Hoagland
• Brainstorming and Plotting: The Beginnings

Even if you can’t help me find that website, be sure to come back next Wednesday for Writing Wednesday II, to share your favorite blog posts on writing!