Archive - Writers Gonna Write

Duck! Getting Organized to Be Amazing

Stop wandering around and getting nothing done. Here's how.

Jun 11 • Anthony Trendl

The Three Little Pigs & Plot Points

Oink. Let the pigs teach you how to develop your story.

Jun 3 • Anthony Trendl

May 2026

Joro Spiders & Writers

Be Like the Joro Spider and Get Your Book Done

May 28 • Anthony Trendl

Mark Twain & the Ultimate Writer's Diss

Twain's scathing analysis teaches us clean writing

May 20 • Anthony Trendl

Kurt Vonnegut's Creative Writing 101

Eight Rules & Examples of Those Rules in Literature

May 13 • Anthony Trendl

Metaphor in an Age of Literalism

Using Metaphor in Dialogue

May 6 • Anthony Trendl

April 2026

It's All About Your Pants

Time Management in an Age of Distraction

Apr 29 • Anthony Trendl

Hemingway & The Whistling People of Kildare

Who are these mysterious people? What's Ernest got to do with it?

Apr 22 • Anthony Trendl

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Plausibility & The Planet of the Apes

Write yourself into a corner to make possible the implausible.

Apr 15 • Anthony Trendl

No Turtlenecks Required

Democratizing the Writer

Apr 8 • Anthony Trendl

Hyperbole is the greatest invention in the history of mankind.

Apr 1 • Anthony Trendl

March 2026

What's a Story?

Something Happens

Mar 24 • Anthony Trendl

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