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CNF Outliers: next session starts September 18!

by nicolebreit | cnf outliers, creative writing, creative writing online course, flash essay, hermit crab essay, lyric essay, prose poem

“As a fiction writer, this course saved me years of experimentation. My knowledge and practice with CNF outlier forms grew exponentially each week with the support of comments on my work that I could actually use. Nicole is a gifted teacher, writer. She is a life long...
Your rare phenomenal gift, Writer. Making order out of chaos. Transforming experience into art.

Your rare phenomenal gift, Writer. Making order out of chaos. Transforming experience into art.

by nicolebreit | cnf outliers, creative writing, writing about grief

“You can be a drunk, you can be a survivor of abuse, you can be an ex-con, you can be a homeless person, you can lose all your money or your job or your husband or your wife, or the worst thing of all, a child. You can even lose your marbles. You can be standing...

Creative writing e-course updates

by nicolebreit | cnf outliers, creative writing, writing about grief

Happy Friday, Writers! I hope it’s been a good week for all of you. It’s been an exciting week here at CNF Outliers HQ. CNF Outlier E-course Update The summer session of my CNF e-course sold out within 24 hours when registration opened on Wednesday. If...

CNF Summer Love 2017!

by nicolebreit | cnf outliers, creative writing, flash essay, hermit crab essay, lyric essay, prose poem

Hello Writers! Starting to daydream about summer’s more laid back pace? A chance to kick back and catch up on all the books you want to read — and more free time to write? I’m hoping to unplug for the month of August — but until then I’m...

Creative non-fiction craft articles

by nicolebreit | cnf outliers, creative writing

Dear Writers, I recently shared some writing tips I thought you might find useful in an article for Donna Talarico’s CNF online journal, Hippocampus, and Gabriela Pereira’s wonderful DIYMFA.com blog. 4 New Ways to Tell Your Stories offers a quick breakdown...

Tell your stories fearlessly

by nicolebreit | cnf outliers, creative writing online course, flash essay, hermit crab essay, lyric essay, prose poem

“I wouldn’t allow fear to get in the way. Because it’s fear, after all, that kills us.” ~ Tori Amos, on the writing of Little Earthquakes CNF writers are brave. We share personal stories presented as truth, not disguised as poetry or fiction. When we write our...
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My company, Spark Your Story, is a queer, cis woman owned business that respects, embraces and celebrates difference including race, gender expression, sexual orientation, ability, neurodivergence and socio-economic background. We are grateful to create from our headquarters on the ancestral and living land of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh people. We honour the work of underrepresented and marginalized writers. We believe your voice matters and the world needs your stories. If you share our values and have a story to tell, we’d love to support your brave truth-telling work.