by nicolebreit | creative writing, Uncategorized
Carl Jung wrote that healing lives in the realm of the imaginal and I believe this is true. Although the first rule of creative nonfiction is “you can’t make stuff up”, one of the most healing stories I’ve ever written was speculative nonfiction. It was entirely...
by nicolebreit | Uncategorized
“[What gives me hope now is…] the writers who are coming into being during a time that threatens the very foundation of a world we like to think of as having progressed from the dark recesses of a bygone world. We are seeing so much of that illusion coming...
by nicolebreit | creative writing online course, creativity, Uncategorized
I love the work I do, helping brave truth tellers write their stories. And I love celebrating when writers are recognized for the work they produce in one of my classes — when they get their first acceptance with a journal, their name on a contest shortlist, or...
by nicolebreit | Uncategorized, writer interview
“What I learned in writing the book was that my life was a story. And by extension, everyone’s life is a story. It’s how you perceive it and the extent to which you’re reactive or proactive that can make it a more or less interesting story. And even if...
by linsey | Uncategorized
Once I started treating my writing as a non-negotiable—a spiritual gift, a calling—surprising and wonderful things began to happen. Amazing, beautiful things that have nothing to do with the usual measures of success, like selling a book proposal or making a million...
