Kari White

Writing Tip: Identify your protagonist’s desire (internal & external).  Do you ever watch a movie where you realize that you could list...

So… I’ve had a really interesting year. It began with me spending hours a week in the library, poring over a fourteenth-century poem and...

Just kidding! It's not dead, just...different than how you might have thought. Me and Truth. This past Sunday, I visited my grandparent’s...

As I’ve spent more and more time in online writing groups and in writing classes, I’ve realized that there is nothing quite so sacred as...

Dear America,  It’s hard to know exactly what I want to say to you. I woke up this morning despairing, knowing that the worst would come....

I’ve recently started taking a writing workshop class with Gotham City Writers. It’s a fantastic space to learn the niche knowledge...

As I've spent a lot of the past two days deep in the Writing Zone (I wrote 9,776 words in 36 hours), I’ve reconnected with one of my...

I’ve recently brought the worst part of childhood into my adult life: homework. As you might expect, it sucks. I’m currently working part...

Writing sucks. Most of the process can be painful, exhausting, and frustrating. Writing your first draft, reading through your first...

This week, I am posting the second installment in a (not so) short story that I've been writing to get me back into the swing of writing....

This past week I visited Acadia National Park with my friend from school, Claire, whom I met when we were freshman year roommates. The...

The end of Roe v. Wade. The threat to IVF. The demonization of LGBTQ+ people. The never-ending debate of bikinis or burqas — which...

For this week (and to make up for the fact that I missed last week), I'm posting a short story that is based off The Child of the Sky . I...

Reflections on my research. One of my goals for the fellowship was to expand my knowledge about religion, specifically about the religion...

Welcome to my blog! Here, I’ll be posting weekly updates about the process of writing my debut novel, The Child of the Sky,  as well as...