If your first draft is imperfect, you haven’t failed —you are exactly where you need to be. By Dinty W. Moore One of the most difficult lessons we have to learn when writing our first book is this:…

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Personal Essay | The Humble Essayist is devoted to the personal essay and the reflective memoir, forms that use the personal to illuminate a larger truth. Our main feature is the “Paragraph of the Wee...

DAYS AFTER ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC EVENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, WAS IT THE WRONG ARTICLE AT THE WRONG TIME? By Ronnie Blair Sometimes what we write serves a greater purpose than what we imagined when…

DAYS AFTER ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC EVENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, WAS IT THE WRONG ARTICLE AT THE WRONG TIME? By Ronnie Blair Sometimes what we write serves a greater purpose than what we imagined when…

The fuel that runs the engine of all good writing is our uncertainty…and the true curiosity of the writer.

The fuel that runs the engine of all good writing is our uncertainty…and the true curiosity of the writer.

And It Is the Memoirist’s Best Friend By Dinty W. Moore The phrase about curiosity killing the cat goes back to Shakespeare, as do so many enduring phrases, but to be honest it rings false. I…

“Sometimes writing is how we survive an experience.” ~ Diane Zinna Version 1.0.0 To mark National Grief Awareness Month, Brevity Blog editor Dinty W. Moore interviews Diane Zinna on her…

“Sometimes writing is how we survive an experience.” ~ Diane Zinna Version 1.0.0 To mark National Grief Awareness Month, Brevity Blog editor Dinty W. Moore interviews Diane Zinna on her…