CRAFT: Let’s Get Graphic: A Look at the Visual Essay by Nicole Breit August 1, 2018 …consider these ten “visual” approaches to writing short-form memoir. Read the full story →
CRAFT: The Warning Signs of Throat Clearing by Sue Baldwin-Way June 1, 2018 It’s hard to pare down good prose and the meat of the story, so my first swipe is at the easy cuts. Read the full story →
CRAFT: What My Painter Mother Taught Me About Writing by Katie Simon May 1, 2018 Though our tools were different, my painter mother taught me some of my most important lessons about writing. Read the full story →
CRAFT: Striking the Balance: On Showing and Telling by Nicole Breit April 2, 2018 Effective storytellers know there’s more to a day’s work than writing a through-line from Point A—inciting incident—to Point B—resolution. Read the full story →
CRAFT: The United Stigma of America by Tyler Grimm March 1, 2018 We need to be compassionate to ourselves, and then we must be compassionate to those we write about. Read the full story →
CRAFT: The Trauma Museum by Tyler Grimm January 2, 2018 We are all intimate with grief and trauma. What it feels like, how it slices into us… Read the full story →
CRAFT: Answering the Call: On Writing About Trauma and Loss by Nicole Breit December 2, 2017 Love, loss, heartbreak: it’s the theme embedded in so many memorable works of art. Read the full story →
CRAFT: Writing a Book Might Not Change Your Life, But It Will Change You by Abby Norman October 1, 2017 Writers like to write articles extolling the many misconceptions about their profession; misconceptions that, at times, they themselves believe. Read the full story →
CRAFT: Hooking Your Students, Hooking Yourself by Tyler Grimm September 1, 2017 Writing is hard. It is beautiful and liberating at times, yet self-destructive at others. Read the full story →
CRAFT: On Seeking the Truth in Our Stories by Nicole Breit August 1, 2017 I’m a fastidious fact checker. When writing creative nonfiction I will confirm the day of the week an event happened, what the weather was like… Read the full story →