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Tapping Into Non Traditional Sources of Knowledge

Thursday, April 29, 2021

One of my earliest creative writing teachers was Yasiin Bey. Not in any classroom, mind you. I was near obsessed with his rhyme patterns and the imagery in his raps. I would sit in my room and play...
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Flash Fiction Crash Course

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Flash fiction and short stories are two forms of short fiction storytelling. Flash fiction differs from short stories in numerous ways, though what those differences are depends mostly on who you...
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The Purr

Thursday, April 29, 2021

For a long time I’ve described writing as trying to move a wall by pounding it with my head. But now it’s harder. I am productivity’s kryptonite. I feel incorporeal (despite the pain and sickness...
Movie theater

Movies: It’s All in the Writing

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Engaging with different artforms is a great way to generate new material. No matter what genre you write in, you can learn so much by sitting down with some snacks and watching movies or binge...
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Other Moons

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Writing is something that happens in phases, but so too is the way we accept it. I’ll explain. When I write I feel all at once captivated and captive, held and hurt, lost and loved. It seems that...
Author's room, sunlit. A writing desk to the right of a large window with a pothos plant hanging from the middle of it

The Missing Cat

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

One of my favourite things about my writing space is that it is as intentionally placed for the act of not-writing as it is for writing. The windows in this picture overlook my landlords’ yard,...