Another assignment from the nonfiction writing workshop at StoryStudioChicago. We were to think of a space, a room, and start listing objects. A room I despised nestled in my head, sank its claws into my brain so the only thing…

I’m taking a nonfiction writing workshop at StoryStudioChicago, and this is one of the in-class assignments from last night. We were to describe a moment involving food The signal my teeth sent to my brain conflicted with the signal transmitted…

As my birthday present to myself this year, I enrolled in a creative writing online course through the continuing studies program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The second assignment to craft a personal essay. I ended up with this. I…

As my birthday present to myself this year, I enrolled in a creative writing online course through the continuing studies program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The first assignment was to answer the question: Why Do I Write? I write.…