
Have You Ever Considered Writing Satire?
Writing parody and satire is so fun, so refreshing, I think more writers would do it if they felt permission.
Writing parody and satire is so fun, so refreshing, I think more writers would do it if they felt permission.
There is just something magical about starting your writing with a short mindfulness practice.
If you’ve taken time off from writing, it’s never as simple as just sitting down to write.
Here’s how to get back in the seat and back to business.
What could happen if you committed yourself to asking, and asking everyone, until you found what you were looking for?
If you work now as a freelance writer, or dream of working as a freelance writer, I implore you today to pump the volume to irresponsible, and blast Beyoncé’s Break My Soul.
Writing, to me, has long been a practice of cutting.
My darlings!
It felt like the days when I’d first fallen in love with writing. During a long morning stretch on a comfy chair with a coffee,
Success and well-being are two entirely different things.
Reading a slush pile can be your best education in how to write a particular genre.
Ever wish there was a writing resource where you could house emotions to draw from? Enter the Feelings File.
One day last year, I was nearly doubled over in emotional pain, feeling directionless, asking what I should even do with all this pain. A
What is it about sad songs that makes us crave them? Do we want to be sadder? Are we trying to prolong the pain? Or, just maybe, is there a glint of healing in sharing someone else’s sadness?
Read or watch my conversation with Pam Mandel, author of the travel memoir The Same River Twice.
I was standing on a rock in a yard in Colombia, trying to find good reception. My friend, a novelist, was on the phone, and
“How’s your humanity?” That’s the question we focused on when I recently had the pleasure of joining Courtney Maum and Parneshia Jones in conversation as
“White privilege is your history being taught as a core class and mine being taught as an elective.” – Ozy Aloziem Since 2011 and until
Every writer should be reading both the best and the most accessible literary magazines. Here’s how.
How to relay an entire simile with a verb packed with meaning.
My rent is $350 for the next three months, and I can’t tell whether it’s that or the physical space around me, trees instead of
From my first essay nearly published a decade ago to the viral essay that got a million readers to the little goof essays I write now, here are 10 things I’ve learned about writing powerful personal essays
My coaching student scoffed. “Why are you learning grammar?” A part of me was with her, scoffing at grammar that meant memorizing latinate words. Grammar that
I’m looking up Narratively’s instructions on how to pitch, and I see this from their editor, Lilly Dancyger: “In case you’re wondering, here are some
When I decided to start a blog as a follow-up to my book Welcome to the Writer’s Life, I knew I needed to focus. Who
I don’t know why it took me so long to realize I could buy things for my home that I’d only used in offices or
I am feeling feelings about Kristen Arnett’s book, Mostly Dead Things, an absolutely fabulous and hilarious novel set in Florida. Psst: This site uses affiliate