“Creative nonfiction? What is that?” The question came in an online exchange, so I was unable to tell if the questioner was smirking or genuinely curious. I started to put together an answer about the term being used to refer to memoir and other narrative nonfiction. But then I stopped in my tracks. While accurate, […]
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Writers and the Myths of Creativity
As an English major in college, I carefully avoided any “creative writing” classes in my major. I’d seen friends struggling to churn out short stories on demand and concluded that creative writing was both frightening and stressful. So I stuck to literature while exploring courses in human biology, psychology, journalism, and computer science. When it came it writing, I’d decided […]
Step Away from the Writing Desk
One of my favorite writing productivity tools: the rowing machine. Writing Productivity Tip: Write When You’re Not Writing When people speak about writing productivity, they usually talk about the drafting phase of writing. How many words can you write in an hour? How many pages per day? More relevant, of course, is the question of how quickly you […]
