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Starting to Write Personal Essays
Roots and Wings: Insights from Personal Essays When I first embarked on the journey of writing personal narrative essays, I was both excited and apprehensive. There’s something profoundly vulnerable about putting your thoughts and experiences into words for others to read. After over a decade of writing mainly fiction, I was nervous about sharing my…
How to End a Poem
Great poems “stick the landing,” but sticking the landing is hardly intuitive. In this craft essay, we do a close study of a great poem with a surprising ending, followed by thoughts on how poets can end their poems. Poetry Recommendation: “Night Walk” by Franz Wright Retrieved from his collection God’s Silence. Night Walk The all-night…
A Poet’s Insights on Writing Flash Fiction
While I’m a poet by trade, I dabble in fiction, and had the pleasure of engaging with flash fiction earlier this year. Read below for my thoughts on good concise writing and what I learned as a poet new to the art of storytelling. Close Study: “Sticks” by George Saunders Retrieved here. Sticks Every year…
