What’s the Difference Between Memoir and Personal Essay? Suzanne Farrell Smith explores this popular question.
CRAFT: What’s the Difference Between Memoir and Personal Essay? by Suzanne Farrell Smith
Category: Craft
Our Craft column archive, which features an array of guest contributors.
CRAFT: Brain Science, Mental Health, and Our Craft by Carina Sitkus
As writers, it can be helpful to acknowledge that in the same way we shape our sentences, our mental health impacts our craft in powerful, albeit not always positive, ways. Developing good habits that keep our brains healthy, and avoiding negative ones, is as important, if not more important, to our writing craft as correct…
CRAFT: Shape Is the Thing by Suzanne Farrell Smith
The first time I heard about shaping a piece was early in graduate school.
CRAFT: Deep Dialogue: Writing Principles That Go Beyond the Nuts n’ Bolts by Michelle Sydney Levy
Transposing taught me more about the structure of natural spoken language than any advice on the subject of writing good dialogue….
CRAFT: But Is It True? Fiction Techniques in Nonfiction by Jennifer Chong Schneider
You never see the characters in your favorite sitcoms use the bathroom as much as we use the bathroom.
CRAFT: The Grant Application as a Writing Exercise by Yolande House
A long time ago, I accepted that I would likely never make much income from my creative writing.
CRAFT: Leaning Into the “Creative” Part of CNF by Lori Yeghiayan Friedman
In addition to my questionable memory for details, I have little concrete information to work with when it comes to family stories.
CRAFT: Make a Walk Work for Your Writing by Michelle Levy
Philosophers, writers, and musicians have romanticized walking throughout the ages…
CRAFT: Writing Science by Sarah Boon
This craft piece covers the basic tenets of how to write about science, which can be applied across journalism, essays, op-eds…
CRAFT: Keep Your Comma Splices by Jennifer Chong Schneider
“Learn the rules, so you can break them.” It’s an adage that’s so well-worn in the creative writing community that it is a cliché
