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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

In Defense Of Fanfiction: Part 2

Comments (0) | Books, creative writing, fandom, fanfiction, queer representation, queer romance, shipping, The Legend Of Korra Season 4

With shipping, canon scenes like Korra and Kuvira from 'The Last Stand' can spur thousands of fanfics. (bearbeiten/Avatar Wiki)

Carlyn Greenwald
Staff Reporter

Is fanfiction actually the best collection of queer romance out there?

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

In Defense of Fanfiction: Part 1

Comments (3) | Books, creative writing, fanfiction, fanfiction writing, fiction, fiction writing, Fifty Shades of Grey, novel writing, The Legend Of Korra Season 4, The Mortal Instruments, the writing process, writers, writing tips

Fanfiction.net currently holds millions of fics, "Harry Potter" leading with over 650,000 stories (nikkipet/Tumblr)

Carlyn Greenwald
Staff Reporter

Fanfiction: the nasty byproduct of crazy fans turning to amateur writing to vent their feelings, or a legitimate means for writers to improve their skills and make a difference in readers' lives?

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Creating Diversity In Creative Writing, One Student At A Time

Comments (1) | Arts+Culture, California, creative writing, Culture for Change, LA, Los Angeles, WriteGirl, writing, youth

WriteGirl trains 150 professional writers as mentors each year (WriteGirl/Neon Tommy)

Olivia Niland
Senior Reporter

Youth writing programs like WriteGirl are opening up the literary landscape.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Best Free Online Sites For Writers

Comments (2) | Books, creative writing, MSWL, NaNoWriMo, online writer communities, prompts, research, tumblr, Twitter, writing process, writing tips

(Carlyn Greenwald/Neon Tommy)

Carlyn Greenwald
Staff Reporter

For the NaNos and the steadily working novelist, meet your online toolbox.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Schools Must Turn Their Attention To Creative Writing

Comments (7) | arts, creative writing, Education, high schools, LA Times, Opinion, standardized tests

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Georgia Soares
Contributor

The failure of formulaic writing to foster originality in students' writing calls for exposure to creative writing.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Tea Obreht's Novel "The Tiger's Wife" Wins Orange Prize

Comments (0) | 2011 Orange Prize, Balkan wars, Books, creative writing, Téa Obreht, The Tiger's Wife, USC

Tiffany Tsai
Staff Writer

USC alumn's win upsets Emma Donoghue's novel, Room.

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