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Creativity calls for intention and connection. Let’s show up together.

Incorporating research can enliven our narratives, add resonance to the stories we tell, and make the personal universal.

Stop worrying if your work falls into a particular category and just write your story.

If all the productivity tricks still leave you stuck, it’s time to stop hacking and start honoring what truly works for you.

Sometimes the beginning is the first thing you write. Sometimes it’s the last. How do you know if your beginning is doing its best work for you?

The most powerful characters on the page are complex and multi-layered, and they both surprise and convince readers with (and within!) their reality.

Pitching and writing short personal essays for commercial media means answering Why you? and Why now? right up front! 

Can you write a powerful, true story in less than 300 words? Learn how to write emotionally resonant, attention-grabbing micro memoirs.

Learn to write and revise a Hermit Crab essay from the teacher who coined the term, and have fun generating new and surprising work!