LEARN YOUR CRAFT. LOVE YOUR WORDS.
You have a story burning inside - something you've experienced and overcome, or perhaps a family story that needs to be told and preserved for future generations.
We have been made of people, shaped by people, defined by people, and defined ourselves in opposition to or in allegiance with people. Can we ever be truly alone on our memoir pages?
Learn a conceptual model for writing nonfiction to help you realize your vision.
Does your writing feel flat or unfocused? Harness the power of setting to ground your reader and bring your sentences to life on the page.
Are you working on a novel, short story or memoir? Scenes are your building blocks.
Homes protect us, they contain us, they extend us, they release us. They also shape us. Memoir helps show us how.
Say goodbye to writer's block by leveraging the structure and freedom of an outline.
Build on traditional narrative structure and break out of old forms to tell your story in fresh ways.
It’s time to revise your first draft, but where to begin? Focusing on five key elements will help you rewrite a better, deeper book.
Stop worrying about exact facts. Embracing memory’s unreliability expands our stories and strengthens our voice.
Learn how to make every sentence do multiple jobs--and make your writing sing!
Want to write nonfiction but worry your life isn't interesting enough? Learn how ordinary things can inspire extraordinary prose.
