What I remember most about being sick with brain inflammation is the stillness that stretched on for months.
WRITING LIFE: A Book or Something by Meghan Beaudry
Category: Writing Life
Our Writing Life column archive, which features an array of guest contributors.
WRITING LIFE: Where Worlds Collide – Writing and Yoga by Jennifer Lang
During my first MFA residency at Vermont College of Fine Arts, I sat spellbound in Barbara Hurd’s lecture on paradox.
WRITING LIFE: How to Write About Trauma in a Safe(r) Way by Yolande House
When I first started writing about my childhood physical and emotional abuse in 2006, I did almost everything wrong.
WRITING LIFE: Mining for Miracles by Tawni Waters
I’m hiding in a cabin in the woods right now. I told my friends and family I was going away for a few weeks, but it’s been a few months…
WRITING LIFE: When It’s Not About Time Management by Kimberly Coyle
When my daughter enters the game, I rest my pen, but my mind continues to wander.
WRITING LIFE: Living By Lists by Melissa D. Sullivan
I feel mighty, secure and invincible if I have my lists….
WRITING LIFE: Writing Partners – An Essay on Rhizomatic Being by Jeanette Brown
Some writing absolutely must be done alone. Hemingway said it perhaps most famously, but Kristina Moriconi gave the idea her own spin in this very column this past July.
WRITING LIFE: #MeToo, Myself, and My Work by Pietra Dunmore
Where is the line between critique of the writer and critique of the work?
WRITING LIFE: How Not to Get an MFA – A Step by Step Guide by Ann Klotz
For some, the idea of pursuing an MFA degree is overwhelming, complicated, or impossible.
WRITING LIFE: On Envy and Faith by Wendy Fontaine
Lately, scrolling through Facebook and Twitter makes me feel like a literary loser.
