In August, Brevity's blog published "What Makes for Good Creative Nonfiction Writing," my craft piece on how I organize, and assess the traits of, creative nonfiction writing. And today, Hippocampus published "Shape Is the Thing," my craft piece on shape in writing, and how it differs from form and structure. The pieces are related, so…
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Dream journal! Pinching myself to see my words on the pages of Fourth Genre, long held in my head and heart as a staple of creative nonfiction.
I'm happy to say that The Writing Shop: Putting 'Shop' back in Writing Workshop is included in Ezvid Wiki's list of "Thoughtful Books About Teaching And Education." The video highlights five recently published education books, including The Writing Shop, for investigating the ways we learn and reimagining the ways we teach. I'm in incredible company…
I had this piece about my mom. What I call a small wonder, because I don't see it as long and developed enough to be an essay, to do the particular work of an essay. Some call it micro, flash, short. Pieces like this seem bigger than they are. So I had one like that.…
In my small wonders workshop, we examine and craft creative nonfiction pieces that fall under 1000 words. I use that word limit because it's how Creative Nonfiction categorizes a "short read." Other markets stop sooner: Brevity caps out at 750 words; River Teeth’s weekly column “Beautiful Things” limits work to 250 words; and 100 Word Story asks for exactly…
