Creative Nonfiction
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Update on 25,000 Words by April Challenge
I’m surprised and happy to report that I surpassed my writing goal last week! My university was on its spring break, so I did not have classes. I could work from home. That allowed me to devote time first thing each morning to writing 1000 words. One day I wrote over 2000 words. My total… Continue reading
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Not that Kind of Food Writer
I didn’t attend a culinary institute. I haven’t cooked in any of New York’s finest restaurants. I haven’t eaten at any of them, either. I can’t drop the names of any famous chefs and tell stories about my experiences with them. I can’t say that I was sexually harassed or humiliated or lauded by any… Continue reading
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In a Writing Rut? Try Using a Writing Formula
I’ve always thought that I would like to have a writing partner. I envision a co-writer, someone to share a writing project with me, someone with whom I could collaborate. Or perhaps just another writer with whom I could cultivate a relationship of mutual support and encouragement. Most of us write alone. We may or… Continue reading
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Bread
I was six years old when I first tasted homemade bread. In the hills of Western Maryland, in a cramped kitchen with outdated appliances and faded wallpaper, my grandmother filled Mason jars with fruit preserves, pickles, tomatoes, and green beans. She grew salad greens in her tiny backyard and baked her own cakes and pies.… Continue reading
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Surfing the Web’s Great Creative Nonfiction
I am always looking for great creative nonfiction that is easily accessible on the Web. Here are some essays that I have found recently. I hope you will check them out and enjoy them. . Hannah Howard Grilled Cheese and Grief: How I Cooked My Way through Postpartum Depression I’m a fan of Hannah Howard’s books… Continue reading
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The Power of Surprise in Personal Creative Nonfiction
People today are over-entertained. They are barraged by a haphazard mix of useful and useless information. They are word-wearied. As writers, if we want to attract and maintain the attention of today’s overstimulated readers, we must show them something new. As a late-career English professor, I sometimes feel that I have seen it all. This… Continue reading
Do you write about yourself and your experiences? Do you write about traumatic events in your life? Or, do you struggle to find time and motivation to write?
If so, this blog is for you.
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