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Arianne "Tex" Thompson

Arianne "Tex" Thompson is home-grown Texas success story. After earning a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s in literature, she channeled her passion for exciting, innovative, and inclusive fiction into the Children of the Drought – an internationally-published epic fantasy Western series from Solaris. Now a professional speaker and writing instructor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Tex is blazing a trail through writers conferences, workshops, and fan conventions around the country – as an endlessly energetic, relentlessly enthusiastic one-woman stampede. 
Excerpt from LitReactor interview:
What’s your best, favorite, or most unusual advice for aspiring authors?

Here’s my vote: if you want to do something that hasn’t been done before, include someone who hasn’t been included before – especially someone who “can’t” or “shouldn’t” be there. There are a million post-apocalyptic dystopias out there – but show me how a Type 1 diabetic survives after the electricity goes out and the insulin spoils, and I’ll buy that story in a hot minute. The bookshelves are saturated with old-school quest fantasy – but show me what happens when the Chosen One who pulls the sword from the stone is a single mother of three, and I’m a fan for life. There may be only a half dozen plots in the world, but there are a million characters – and most of them have barely been touched. You can help fix that!
Recommended Books for Aspiring Writers
  • The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass
  • The Forest for the Trees: An Editor’s Advice to Writers by Betsy Lerner
  • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Teaching Philosophy
I believe in realness. I believe in interactive, high-energy conversations – not lectures. I believe in exploring big ideas – not following a sacred formula. I believe in critical thinking, omnivorous learning, and ditching whatever advice or critique doesn’t personally resonate with you. I believe in a classroom culture that fosters compassion, camaraderie, and creative bravery. I believe good teaching is good storytelling: involving the reader/student as an equal partner in the adventure. I believe enthusiasm is both transformative and contagious. I believe students should leave a workshop feeling pumped up, wrung out, and clued in. I believe what you are doing matters!



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  • About
    • Blog >
      • Meet Our Members
    • Our Organization
    • Member Success Stories
    • People >
      • Staff
      • Board of Directors
      • Faculty >
        • Tanya Aydelott
        • Nyri Bakkalian
        • Andreana Binder
        • Mackenzie Bitz
        • Joyce Boatright
        • Julia Brown
        • Debbie Burns
        • Cynthia Childress
        • Cassandra Rose Clarke
        • Jessica Cole
        • Mark Dostert
        • Ynes Freeman
        • Mark Haber
        • Matthew Hefti
        • Sarah Gajkowski-Hill
        • Angélique Jamail
        • Justin Jannise
        • Amal Kassir
        • Karleen Koen
        • Mike Kowis, Esq.
        • Kendra Preston Leonard
        • Phuc Luu
        • Lorenzo Martinez
        • Thomas H McNeely
        • Sean Morrisey Carroll
        • Ülrika Moats
        • Jody T. Morse
        • Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
        • Patricia Flaherty Pagan
        • Kate Pentecost
        • Kathryn Peterson
        • Joy Preble
        • Paige Quiñones
        • Icess Fernandez Rojas
        • Tamara Nicholl-Smith
        • Patrick Stockwell
        • Marian Szczepanski
        • Victoria Strange
        • ire'ne lara silva
        • Rebecca Spears
        • Catherine Vance
        • Holly Walrath
        • Charlotte Wyatt
        • D.L. Young
        • Joe Burns
        • Theodora Ziolkowski
      • 2020 Emerging Writer Fellows
      • 2019 Emerging Writer Fellows
  • Workshops
    • Creative Writing
    • Pace Yourself
    • Workshop Policies
    • Online Class Tech Support
    • Scholarships
  • Almost Free Events
    • The Whole Artist
    • The Submission Room
    • Write-Ins
    • Writespace Member Meetups
    • Readings & Open Mics
  • Writefest
  • Contact