This’ll sound crazy obvious, but I promise there’s a point here: short stories tend to take place in a short amount of time. Duh. It might all take place in a coffee shop in an hour or over a day or a weekend. You might even write the … Read More
Just 500 words? 1000? Piece of cake! Or is it? Writing meaningful blog posts involves more than opening a vein and bleeding onto the page.* I know. Since 2008, I’ve been blogging about food, cooking, and culinary history. And I’ve learned a few things. Creating blog posts resembles following a … Read More
[Editor’s note: The following poem provides poets – and other writers, too – with a few tongue-in-cheek moments of levity. And truth.] The length of your poem might need adjustment … Once upon a time, poems carried the sum of human knowledge recited ’round the hearth memorized for generations … Read More
Are you stuck again with writer’s block, staring at a blank sheet of paper or an empty, blinking laptop screen? Good news! The solution is so obvious. Use your personal experiences. Write about what you know, what you’ve lived. This tact is ideal for getting inspired to finish your poem … Read More