When you hear that a short story is “about relationships,” most people instantly picture romance couples, breakups, longing, heartbreak, all of it. Romantic relationships dominate a huge portion of storytelling, and for good reason...
I enjoyed playing around with the notion of crime much more than I had expected I would. Creative writing, after all, is also about freedom of expression, the freedom to explore, to make mistakes...
For this week’s exercise, I wrote a piece drawn directly from my childhood: a small, vivid snapshot that has stayed with me over the years.
Two weeks ago, I shared that I begun a beginners creative writing course, a small but meaningful step toward reclaiming creativity for myself. This week, I wanted to follow up with a little glimpse into how things are going so far.
Recently, I decided to reclaim that part of myself and signed up for a beginners creative writing course. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do...