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How Writing Speculative Nonfiction Can Help You Heal

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...

Imagining our way out: anti-racism resources for writers

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...

How I help life writers craft their best work

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...

Everyone’s life is a story: A Q and A with Rita Pomade

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...

The 10 best things that happened because I said yes to my writing

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...

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