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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...

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...

Distract your writer fear with form

by nicolebreit | creative writing, creative writing online course, hermit crab essay, prose poem

“Your fear must not be allowed to make decisions about creativity, passion, inspiration, dreams. Your fear doesn’t understand these things, and so it makes the most boring possible decisions about them.” ~ Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic:...

Tips for writing about trauma and loss

by nicolebreit | creative writing, hermit crab essay, writing about grief

Thank you to everyone who watched the free webinar Rachel Thompson and I hosted on Thursday on how to write about trauma and loss. So many of you turned in live, asked questions, and shared difficult personal stories. It was a powerful, moving experience for me to be...

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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Spark Your Story Inc. 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.