Rewriting the Glass Slipper: Feminist Fairy Tale Retellings
During Women’s History Month, revisiting fairy tales allows us to recognize how far storytelling has come, and how much room it still has to grow. If you’re new to retellings, the easiest place to begin is structure, which you can get a hang of with this guide on modernising the stories so many young children grew up with.
One More Day Again: Writing Time Loops in Flash Fiction (Even When It’s Not a Leap Year)
Time loops tend to sound bigger than they are. The phrase suggests complicated rules, intricate timelines, and endless variations on the same scene. In practice, a time loop is much simpler: something repeats, and that repetition changes how it feels. The simplicity to it is why time loops work especially well in flash fiction. When […]
Writing Lessons 2025: What the Year Actually Taught You
The year is almost over. Another 365 days of drafts, rejections, breakthroughs, excuses, and quiet victories that no one else noticed. Before the calendar flips and everyone starts talking about “new year, new goals,” take one deliberate pass through what 2025 actually did to your writing. Not the version you posted on social media. The […]
Writing Through the Fog: Sustaining Creativity When Your Body Has Other Plans
There’s a kind of exhaustion that goes beyond feeling worn out. It’s the heaviness that settles into your bones, the fog that slows your thoughts, the sense that your body has its own agenda no matter how much you want to write. For many writers living with chronic illness or long-term fatigue, this isn’t an […]
Unstuck: How to Crush Writer’s Block and Rekindle Your Creativity
No writer needs an introduction to writer’s block. It’s like staring at a brick wall when all you want is a window to let the words in. Even with a blank page in front of you to let all your ideas go crazy, nothing comes to mind and the page just stays blank. Every writer […]
From Blank Page to Purpose: Finding Your Why as a Writer
Why do you write? It’s a simple question but it has the ability to change the way you approach your work completely. As rewarding as writing can be, it’s tough. Throughout your journey, you will face writer’s block, rejection, and at times you may even struggle with readership. Knowing your “why” keeps you going. It […]