Nonfiction

Writing in Small Groups the 4Color Way describes how to build a Cooperative Inquiry group to create a super support group of writers.

Cooperative Inquiry is a way of working with other people who have similar concerns and interests, in order to understand your world, make sense of your life and develop new and creative ways of looking at things, learn how to act to change things you may want to change and find out how to do things better.

In this book, Cooperative Inquiry is combined with other approaches such as the unique 4color reflection process, shaped to fit the needs of writers, based on the author’s doctoral research project and her teaching writing at a California Community College.

Creating Juicy Tales: Cooperative Inquiry into Writing Stories

A small group journeys through action/reflection cycles — a holistic methodology to improve craft.

Many writers hope to create compelling stories but may fail to build effective conflict or tension among their characters, causing readers to drift away. To improve their practice of writing dramatic narrative, seven middle-class American white women journey through the process of Cooperative Inquiry — a qualitative research methodology — to learn from the experience of forming key questions and specific action plans focused on the topic of creating conflict in story.

Writers who want to keep readers hooked will find guidance and inspiration here, along with story structure tools such as the author’s original “Hot Spot Grid.”

Play Among the Stars: Find the Books for You

Discover the authors who share your horoscope sign and the books they published as a way to build your reading list.

“It was fun to read about who shared my birth month and to think about their work through that lens. Highly recommended!” —A. E. Keller on Amazon