During my Creative Writing MFA, my cohort would ask me to elaborate on an Arabic phrase I used. I told them they could look it up. A classmate responded, “but that takes us away from the story.” For a moment, I agreed, until I didn’t. As a bilingual writer, one aspect I struggle with is… Read More
There’s a stage of starting a new piece of nonfiction that many writers go through called “clearing your throat”. It’s where you dump all the information you feel like you have to say before you actually start telling the story you want to tell. This includes why you’re writing, why you feel like people should… Read More
