At this year’s Professional Writing Conference, keynote speaker Zena Dell Lowe (at The Storyteller’s Mission) delivered a powerful challenge to every storyteller. The world doesn’t need more content—it needs heroes.
Writing conferences mean lifelong learning
I want to set my students up for success. They may have a day job but maintain their dream of one day getting their book published. The Professional Writing classes teach them the basics, and then their continued learning can happen at writing conferences.
Creating loveable characters isn’t as hard as you think
Great worldbuilding and an exciting plot can only take you so far—if your characters fall flat, readers won’t stick around. That might sound intimidating—creating characters is super important—but not impossible. As you read in this article, I hope you will see that creating characters your readers will love is not as daunting as you think. Allow me to walk you through the process of creating characters your readers will never forget.
Calling comic lovers!
Join us at the Taylor University Professional Writers Conference / Genre Track for a two-day session learning all about (and creating) comic books.
Your instructors are Professional Writing grad Contessa Hussong (2025) and Multimedia Journalism student Caleb Heffron (2026). Caleb and Contessa have been interested in comic books for their entire lives and are excited to share their knowledge with you. This session began as an independent study where they created a series of weekly classes taught to interested students during the Fall 2024 semester.
PWR major hosts 9th annual Professional Writers Conference
You’re invited to the Taylor University Professional Writers Conference this summer, July 25-26, 2025, right on Taylor University’s beautiful campus. Check out http://www.tupwc.com.
This conference is for all types of writers—beginners who have never been to a conference, teens (16+) who want to explore their desire to write, older folks who finally want to put pen to paper, and even seasoned writers who just want to soak in some training and be around other writers. This is a perfect conference to begin or continue your writing journey.
2013 grad publishes 5th WWII historical fiction
Amy Lynn Green (now Lokkesmoe) is excited to see the fifth of her World War II historical fiction books arrive in bookstores June 2025.
The Codebreaker’s Daughter tells the following story: “Lillian once cracked ciphers during WWI—now, her daughter, Dinah, creates Allied rumors and propaganda for the WWII OSS. Though Lillian is hesitant to return to wartime work, she is drawn to Washington, DC, by an old friend. As a web of intrigue grows ever wider, mother and daughter must confront secrets in DC before the impending D-Day is compromised” (Amygreenbooks.com).
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