Most of the time, when we sit down to write, we write with the expectation that we’ll eventually use some or most of the words that we produce. And whether we’re writing an email, a business proposal, ...

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The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Transforming imaginative ideas and emotions onto paper gives many writers relief ...

For nearly seven years, the Stanford Storytelling Project’s podcast, “Off the Page,” served as a resource for anyone curious about the secrets behind creative writing. The podcast is a product of a ...

An invitation came by email to contribute to a teaching volume. A brief piece, only a few hundred words long, was needed. Describe a favorite teaching exercise from your literature classes. The word ...

Many of my seventh-grade students do not arrive at school ready to learn. Their families often face financial hardship and live in cramped quarters, which makes it difficult to focus on homework. The ...

It's springtime in 2008 in Omaha, Nebraska. Author and professor Steve Langan has spent years in public health administration and injection safety, watching doctors give their all to help people. He's ...

“Two truths and a lie is a creative writing exercise in which students write about three events in their life, two true, one a lie, and the class tries to figure out which is the lie,” says UCSC ...

Amidst the falling leaves and crisp temperatures on Oct. 13, UNC students met in front of Wilson Library for the firstAsian American Creative Writing Collective meeting of the semester. New and ...

Creative writing is unique for a few reasons. This guide addresses things unique to writing fiction. The thing/character that is battling the protagonist. The antagonist does not have to be a person, ...

Everyone knows that outside of the school building, creative writing workshops aren’t graded. Whether it’s a group of retirees who cluster in the back of your corner coffee shop or the so-called Ponzi ...