The Return

The Return

Dear Luminous Writer, Maybe you’re in a full-hearted stretch of writing, your notes wild, your drafts humming. Or maybe you haven’t touched your pages in weeks, and the work feels far away. Wherever you are, I want to offer this: you can begin again. Always. And you...
Summer Reading Bingo

Summer Reading Bingo

Read like a writer this summer—and maybe win a spot in one of my courses! A free reading challenge designed to help you notice the craft behind great writing. As you read, you’ll mark off squares on the bingo card whenever you encounter storytelling elements that move...
Haze

Haze

Dear Luminous Writer, There’s a haze hanging over the desert today as the summer months creep up on us. I take it on faith that the sea is still out there, even though I can’t quite glimpse it in the distance. The closer mountains are visible, but the...
How I Published In The Fiddlehead

How I Published In The Fiddlehead

By Tamara Jong I first wrote the creative nonfiction piece “Lessons” in a class taught by Ayelet Tsabari in 2014. I had just started writing nonfiction. I workshopped this story in class, then had it edited by Ayelet. So, I’ve been working on the story for...
How I Published in Entropy

How I Published in Entropy

By Kimberly Peterson [Editor’s note: Shortly after this article was published, Entropy announced they will close at the end of 2021. They will be missed.] Entropy is unique as a publication because it includes a variety of editors with diverse interests seeking...

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