The first line of your memoir (or essay or novel) might come to you early on, fully formed. Or it…
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Memoir and Essay
Beyond Tall, Dark, and Handsome: How to Describe Your Characters
The ability to describe is the key to great storytelling, but when it comes to depicting characters, our first impulse…
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Some of My Favorite Essays from Brevity Magazine
The single resource I’ve used the most in my writing classes might be Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction….
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Don’t Know What to Write About? Choose Something Mundane
Some writers are never at a loss over what to write about, and some find themselves frequently stuck in the…
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The Vision in Revision in Nonfiction
Michael Crichton famously said (although he wasn’t the first to say it), “Books aren’t written, they’re rewritten.” This idea that…
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Famous Writers on Story Beginnings
I love first sentences, first paragraphs, first pages. I love the promise of transport and transformation for the reader and…
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