As I revised my personal statement college essay for the ninth time, I grumbled in frustration. I had spent the past month editing, rewriting, and brainstorming topics that would hopefully let ...

When I first taught personal narrative in my freshmen Literature and Writing course last year I planned a traditional unit. I practiced descriptive writing techniques by having them listen to the ...

The call to write your life story is a jar of honey, sweet and alluring, sticky and messy. To write about our lives is joy-filled and terrifying. As someone who’s been teaching and coaching memoirists ...

I have yet to fully understand my exhaustion, so I must, regrettably but unavoidably, write one final personal narrative about my past personal narratives. November of 2021. My Common App college ...

"I do not think that the vocation of writer is superior to any other," writes Melissa Febos in her newest essay collection, "but I do believe it is the most useful life for me, the one in which I can ...

For many, writing is a path to healing. It is praised as cathartic, transformative, even redemptive—and often, it is. But as I discovered during my MFA in creative nonfiction, after 35 years as a ...

Sixth-graders at Hellenic American Academy in Lowell spent a lot of time working on their personal narrative paragraphs. Front row, from left, Joshua Bouzerdan, Nicholas Gannon and Kleanthi Litopoulos ...

The audience that business story writing caters to is usually potential customers or investors. The purpose of the story is to convey a message that lays the foundation for a meaningful connection or ...