Remember how hard it was to cook your first holiday dinner? How about your first bike ride? Or maybe having your first baby? Whew, that was hard! If this is your first time writing memoir, it is right up there with your other firsts. Don’t be fooled by all that … Read More
Flash nonfiction brings into question the truth of a story, its creative distortion, and the writing down to the best of one’s memory and ability the facts of a story. Just as each witness to a crime remembers the event with varying perspectives, so do we remember or report a … Read More
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of posts by blogger Mary Bast on Deepening Character Descriptions. While searching for characters that exemplify the Helper personality (Enneagram Style Two), I realized even talented writers don’t always fully explore the motivations of their characters, however skillful their descriptions. As … Read More
I started writing my first blog about five years ago. The impetus occurred during a writing class I was taking when the instructor asked, “Do you know the difference between a diary, a journal, and a blog?” My definitions were simple. A diary is personal, for my eyes only. A … Read More
