Creative Nonfiction:

Your Story, The Way You Want To Tell It

For me there are few creative experiences more exhilarating than joining another person’s journey on the page as their authentic voice tugs me into their world and propels me through their time and place and growing awareness. This is why I offer editorial services to writers telling true stories, no matter the form: memoir, personal, braided, and lyric essays, collage, hermit crabs, op-eds, flash, and college and graduate school application essays. 

I am here to help you find, clarify, and tell the story you want to tell, the way you want to tell it.

I approach teaching and editorial work with curiosity and compassion, applying a trauma-informed lens when applicable. Please see below for options and pricing. Let’s get your story out into the world!

WINTER/SPRING 2025 CLASSES

FLASH MEMOIR, Project Write Now, Online, 6 weeks, beginning Jan. 27, 2025

Are you intrigued by the short creative nonfiction form? Want to capture meaningful moments from your life in a concise, impactful way? Join us for a six-week virtual flash memoir class! In this course, you:

– Read and discuss examples of flash memoir (100-750 words)

– Generate new work (up to 300 words) through focused writing prompts

– Receive supportive feedback from peers and the instructor

– Learn about the submission process and publications that welcome flash nonfiction

HERMIT CRAB ESSAYS: FINDING A NEW CONTAINER FOR YOUR STORY, Princeton Adult School, In person, 8 weeks, beginning Feb. 11, 2025

Just as a hermit crab takes on the shape of the container it crawls into, hermit crab essays are personal essays in the form of another type of writing. Think: a teenage summer told in liner notes for significant songs of those months. Or: the tale of a broken heart told as a medical diagnosis with discharge instructions. Or: The arc of one’s parents’ lives as told through answers on a marriage certificate. We’ll read hermit crab essays, figure out how they work, marvel at their ingenuity and insight, and then students will write and workshop one of their own.