I’ve developed some guidelines to help you revise and share drafts of deeply personal writing with others in a safer way.
CRAFT: How to Revise and Share Writing About Trauma in a Safe(r) Way by Yolande House
Category: Craft
Our Craft column archive, which features an array of guest contributors.
CRAFT: How to Structure and Organize Your Memoir with Visual Techniques by Kathy Pooler
At a time when you might be struggling to stay focused and make progress on your memoir, visual techniques might be helpful…
CRAFT: Writing The Body by Nicole Breit
Is it any wonder, given the amount of time we spend in the space between our ears that writing can feel a bit, well, disembodied at times?
CRAFT: 15 Tips for Writing a Book Review by Sarah Boon
You may be wondering where to start when getting into book reviewing.
CRAFT: Don’t Throw Away Your Morning Pages by Jennifer Chong Schneider
I was naïve enough to think that just sitting in my room and writing would somehow work out for me.
CRAFT: On Revealing Secrets in Our Stories by Nicole Breit
My wife and I are standing in a grocery store aisle—no kids, no other distractions—when I own up.
CRAFT: 14 Tips for Interviewing Authors by Sarah Boon
…interviewing an author isn’t as simple as picking up the phone and talking—there’s a lot of preparatory work…
CRAFT: The Five Responses to Rejection and How to Craft Your Own by Estelle Erasmus
So your piece was rejected? You’re not alone. We’ve all been there. After licking your wounds what should you do?
CRAFT: Making yourself a character in your story by Nicole Breit
In this craft article we’ll look at ways you can nurture the split between person and persona.
CRAFT: What to Do When You’ve Written an “SFD” by Amy Evrard
Like many writers, up until that point I had approached my writing practice with resistance, self-doubt, and fear… When I first read Anne Lamott’s infamous chapter on “Shitty First Drafts” (SFDs) from her book Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, I felt as if someone had scooped me out of choppy waters…
