by Kaelyn Barron |
The following is the winning essay of our 2021 Nonfiction Writing Contest. Congratulations to Crystal Martinez on her outstanding work! Surprises with Cancer by Crystal Martinez It all began with a mysterious and unrelenting pain in my butt. Literally. Every time I...
by Kaelyn Barron |
We’ve just wrapped up our first annual Nonfiction Writing Contest, and we’re so excited to finally announce the winner for 2021! We decided to host this inaugural nonfiction contest as a way to support and empower nonfiction writers everywhere, regardless of their...
by Cole Salao
A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech that implements a sudden shift in meaning at the latter part of a sentence, stanza, paragraph, or series. It leads to a surprising—and often humorous—ending. The unexpected change flips the audience’s expectations and...
by Kaelyn Barron
Have you ever noticed that pretty much everything you read—whether it’s a book, essay, or article—has a defining vibe? This vibe is known as a writing aesthetic, and while you may not be sure how to define it, you definitely know it when you feel it. Writers can...
by Kaelyn Barron
The damsel in distress. The mad scientist. The complicated love triangle. Chances are you know more than one story that employs each of these tropes. Some tropes are overused, which leads to painfully predictable, unoriginal stories. But when writers place classic...
by Cole Salao
English words can be confusing for many reasons, but most of the frustration probably stems from words with similar or near-similar spellings, yet different meanings or pronunciations. The words “biannual” and “biennial” are two such terms that...
