One thing I appreciate about my blog is how it's become a time capsule for my writing. My first posts were uploaded a few months after college graduation, so they read like mini essay assignments because that had been the bulk of writing instruction I'd received over the years. Stiff and stodgy, as I like to say, and quite honestly what I understood to be "good writing." AKA, writing without a shred of personality. Not to mention they're cringe . While they're still live beca

Write for yourself first. We've all heard that one. Writing the stories you want to write without worrying over how future readers will receive them has its merits. If you're not into what you're writing, readers will be able to tell, making it harder for them to get into it. Not to mention that it's harder to write the things that don't pique your interest. That being said, it's likely that you're not only writing for yourself. Whether you're planning out your next plot tw

Every writer puts a little piece of themselves in the stories they tell, and no truer is this than in creative nonfiction. If you were told all throughout school that nonfiction recounts true events, the idea of creative nonfiction might have you scratching your head. The notion of taking creative liberties with nonfiction might fall between a paradox and a writing no-no. Creative nonfiction is rooted i n truth—and you may have read and enjoyed it without realizing it. Whethe

Writing is something you can do just about anywhere. You don't need a specific or fancy setup to tell your stories, as proven by the hundreds of writers who write on the living room sofa, at the kitchen table, in bed, or even on the go . This remarkable adaptability doesn't stop us from envisioning our dream writing space, which might be the way we'd renovate a room in our house to a far-off destination we'd love to visit for a writing retreat. While I do have a Pinterest boa