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My Tepid Love Affair with Classic Romance Novels (and the Modern Updates that Pulled Me Back In)
Want to learn more about writing romance? Check out our course offerings and independent coaching with instructor Jeanne De Vita. My novel reading interests tend to be diverse, but I’ve never considered myself much of a romance novel reader. In my twenties and thirties, I was almost completely averse to them and would throw up…
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…