Deborah Owen
Ms. Deb, as her students affectionately call her, is the CEO & Founder of Creative Writing Institute, and the former A-1 Writing Academy (now defunct).
"The A-1 Academy was a pilot program built within the virtual walls of a large writer's group," said Deborah. "In the first year we drew 600 students, but I wanted to reach the public. In another year Creative Writing Institute was created. It is a high-quality, low cost writing school with full-time mentors and small classes. Even distressed students and seniors can afford our prices."
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Articles by this Author
Short Story Structure Simplified
- By Deborah Owen
- Published June 13, 2009
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Creative Writers Sometimes Entertain the Wrong People
- By Deborah Owen
- Published January 6, 2009
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Creative Writers Weave Themes, Arcs, And Resolutions
- By Deborah Owen
- Published January 6, 2009
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Creative writing calls for all the talent you can muster If you don't have very much talent, that's just dandy
Creative Writing in Fantasy
- By Deborah Owen
- Published January 5, 2009
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
The Creative Writer's 16 Golden Rules of Story Writing
- By Deborah Owen
- Published January 5, 2009
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Stories may differ in message, content and characters, but each one is required to have these 16 different elements By the time you finish this article, you will be well equipped with a checklist that will be worth keeping – albeit, not necessarily written in the proper order
Creative Writers – Would You Like to Write For Children?
- By Deborah Owen
- Published January 2, 2009
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Creative writing for the little people is not the same as writing for adults In fact, it may even be more difficult, as the first qualification of writing for children is being able to think like a child
Creative Writers Use 4 Easy Steps to Write Short Stories
- By Deborah Owen
- Published January 2, 2009
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
The Creative Writer's Secret to Making a Living Writing
- By Deborah Owen
- Published January 1, 2009
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Creative writers – make a lot of money writing for newspapers The writing is easy, you don't have to worry about "Show, Don't Tell," and you can resell the articles all over the country with simultaneous submissions
Creative Writers Learn Best From A Mentoring System
- By Deborah Owen
- Published January 1, 2009
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Many creative writers attend the public educational system to sharpen their prose and poetry skills, and this author certainly applauds all who make such a grand effort. However, the question becomes, is it necessary to invest multiplied thousands of dollars on colleges the average person cannot afford. Is the same thing available for less money? The answer is yes.
Creative Writers Use 8 Editing Steps to Perfection
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 27, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
How To Create a Twist Ending
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 27, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Wikipedia defines a twisted ending as an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction, which may contain a surprising irony, or cause the audience to review the story from a different perspective by revealing new information about the characters or plot. A twist ending is the conclusive form of plot twists. This literary device is also referred to as a surprise ending.
When Do You Consider Yourself A Real Writer?
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 24, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Creative Writer's Secret to Writing a Professional Query Letter
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 22, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Selling Your Right-Beware
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 20, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Creative Writers Found Guilty Of Murdering Babies!
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 18, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
2 and 3 Dimensional Characters
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 16, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Creative Writers Can Make Money 6 Different Ways
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 15, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Creative Writer's Study On Voice
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 15, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
What You Should Know About Writing Contests
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 15, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
13 Points On Story Structure
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 14, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Creative Writers, Learn the Five Laws of Conflict
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 10, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
How To Develop A Story
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 8, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Do I Need Writing Lessons?
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 8, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Are writing lessons for everyone? No, but if you’re asking yourself if you should take writing lessons, the answer is probably yes. Ye olde subconscious doth not lie.
Developing Your Style
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 8, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
All writers have style, but what is it? How is it developed? Can it be changed? Read the answers to all these questions and more – inside.
Why Should You Enter Writing Contests?
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 8, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Do you enter writing contests? Have you won any? Here are reasons why you should enter – even if you lose!
Why Join A Writer's Group?
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 6, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Three Ways to Control Your Reader’s Mind
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 5, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Do you have the reader in the palm of your hand? If so, you can control how fast he reads, and even how fast his heart beats. Learn how within.
Why Write?
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 5, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Isn’t there enough writing in the world? Why add your two cents? There are many good reasons why you should. Read to find out.
Why Can’t I Sell Stories and Articles?
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 5, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
So you wrote your stories, and you can’t find markets for them. Right? You’re going about your marketing in the wrong way.
Writing Twists: Twist The Ending
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 5, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Never let the reader predict you story. Twist that ending, and then twist it again. Read this to see how.
Making a Living At Writing
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 5, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
We’ve heard people say a writer can make a living doing what we love most, but is it really true? If so, what is the secret?
What is the best way to write a story? What is a plot? How do you develop a plot? How should you develop your style? Read this to find out.
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 4, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Deborah Owen is here to answer your questions.
What is the best way to write a story? What is a plot? How do you develop a plot? How should you develop your style? Read this to find out.
Creative Writers - Can You Write Good Transition Sentences?
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 3, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Creative Writers – Learn to Write Your Emotions
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 3, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Creative Writers Learning To Deal With Rejection
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 3, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing
Creative Writers Use Inference to Say More by Saying Less
- By Deborah Owen
- Published December 3, 2008
- Improving Your Writing Skills & Marketing