The book is no longer a piece of writing; it’s a puzzle

“Finding your voice”—or, even better, your voices—on the page is more than a craft challenge; it’s the key to claiming your story

"You could just call me Cancer, but you’re better off not calling me at all, and hoping that I never call you."

"Let’s say the medical examiner rules the cause of death 'undetermined.' There’s not enough information to say exactly what happened, except that he fell."

Using geometrical concepts to strengthen the structure of a work

Elissa Bassist reflects on how women’s voices get silenced & reborn, the eleven years it took to write her memoir, and how she wrote like a mother#^@%*&

"So this dude I've been working alongside, landscaping and whatnot, he looks a lot like me. Three weeks we've been working together, talking and talking and talking."

"He stopped when I asked him to stop & in the morning he apologized & meant it so, really, who could blame him."

Driven only by the knife of teenage hunger and the slanted courage to make it happen, you take the dare

Pivotal moments in our lives lead to stories that can change the world