Drawing Out the Core

As a writer, one has to collect experiences and feelings and people from which to draw, especially in nonfiction. So I’ve tried to remain a student of life and human behavior, and a collector of experiences.  Storey Clayton from Julie’s interview with Storey in Mud Season Review, Aug 30, 2019

An Honest Reckoning

I remember when I started drafting, I was both terrified and excited about where it might lead, what the writing of it might dredge up—emotions, new self-understandings. As writers we know that’s a ‘good place’ to be… – Bill MarshRead the full interview

Writing My Emotional Truth

The gift of nonfiction is the ability to share human experience through story. I find that when I’m most uncomfortable writing my emotional truth, the work has the biggest reaction with readers. – Lauren MauldinRead the full interview