Revive Your Creativity: The Energizing Art of Playful Writing

Stuck in a writing rut? Playful exploration will enliven your primary work and foster a sustainable creative practice over a lifetime.
Write Better, Right Now

You’ve structured your narrative and know your facts–but how do you make your story sing?
Moving from Rejection to Publication

Get your essay or memoir out of the slush pile with key first-page elements and editing tools.
Writing the Hermit Crab Essay: Telling Your Story in Borrowed Forms

Learn to write and revise a Hermit Crab essay from the teacher who coined the term, and have fun generating new and surprising work!
Writing for Modern Love: Tips & Tricks for a Passionate, Publishable Essay

Writing a great Modern Love column can be surprisingly straightforward if you have the right tools and techniques.
Great Essays Kill Clichés: Unearthing Fresh Language and New Forms of Expression

Our best writing resists and overturns familiar patterns of thought and language, inventing new forms of expression.