The Writer's Journal

Why do you tell stories? Famous authors share the reasons for their writing passion. Central Valley Fiction Writers - Why do you tell stories? The list of Famous Writers' answers to our question are from the Writers Write Blog https://www.writerswrite.co.za/15-famous-authors-on-why-they-write/ Neil Gaiman “The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and suddenly it all makes sense and you know what it’s ab

Well, it seems there is not an official word for a Group of Writers! How can this be? There is an official name for almost any group of like things - even a group of Turkeys has an official name, for heaven's sake. A Raffle! Obviously, a Group of Writers is a real phenomenon that needs its own official word. So, let's have the Central Valley Fiction Writers officially give us our own word to be spoken from here on out when we describe a gathering of us! In the Comments below

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