Nonfiction Editor, Zachary Benavidez, blogs about why he keeps a journal. This summer I started doing something I haven't done since college: I started journaling again. In grad school, our writing professors encouraged us to keep notebooks in our pockets…
Issue 51 contributor Meghan Dombrink-Green blogs about the importance of a good writing environment. There’s this great—and somewhat bizarre—feeling I get when I get into my writing. I’ll be sitting at my computer, slogging my way through what needs to…
Volunteer Holly muses over changes in scenery. Years ago, I found myself sitting on the edge of a cliff looking out over the Pacific Ocean for the first time. The view stretched on, vast and limitless. Humbled by the experience,…
Guest blogger Natasha Guadalupe writes about the importance of first sentences and how to craft them. The thin black line at the top of your computer screen silently blinks, nudging you to write, a sentence, a word, something—anything! That cursor,…