Write into the Week: September 20, 2026
“The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is…
Read MoreWrite into the Week: September 13, 2026
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” — Albert Camus Dear Writer, I hope you’re having a good start to your week. In this newsletter:…
Read MoreWrite into the Week: September 6, 2026
“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.” — Anne Frank Dear Writer, I hope you’re having a good start to your…
Read MoreWrite into the Week: August 30, 2026
“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” — Sylvia Plath Dear Writer, I hope you’re having a…
Read MoreHow to Improve Writing Skills for Creative and Professional Writers
Like anything else, writing is a skill that improves with practice. The more you do it, the better you get at it. This goes for writing literature, yes, but also…
Read MoreFlash Nonfiction: The Craft of Tiny Truths
Flash nonfiction that combines the concision of flash fiction with the truth-seeking qualities of creative nonfiction. It is an emerging literary genre that seeks the full truth of something (typically)…
Read MoreWhat is Free Indirect Discourse? Writing the “Intimate 3rd Person”
Are you writing a story from a third person perspective, but feeling boxed out of your characters’ minds? Fear not—writers have a solution for this, too, and it’s called free…
Read MoreWrite into the Week: August 16, 2026
“The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words.” — William H. Gass Dear Writer, I hope you’re having a good start to…
Read MoreWrite into the Week: August 9, 2026
“I think there is a necessity to be still sometimes and let life happen to you, to let your manner of being in the world be changed by what happens…
Read MoreWriting Titles of Poetry: How to Title a Poem
Shakespeare, William Carlos Williams, and Emily Dickinson had the luxury of naming their poems numbers. Sonnet 18! XXII! Poem 446! Such lovely and vague titles of poetry. Unfortunately for us…
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