HeyJaredEverything Essay! with Andrea A. Firth
Each month I share a great essay (always linked), review the art and craft at work, and provide related resources like prompts, writing tips, books, podcasts and more. If you like a true story well told, I think you'll love it here.
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From Trip to Travel Essay (opens the original)
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Welcome to Everything Essay! where I feature great essays, flash, and hybrid creative nonfiction and talk about the art and craft of the writing. I’ve done some fun travel over the summer, maybe you have as well. Our experiences in new places provide great writing opportunities. So today we’re going to talk about generating ideas for travel essays. Then in my next post, I’m going to share a great example of a travel essay by Robin Hemley, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Ideas first.The Tri
What a Rock ‘n’ Roll Memoir Taught Me About Writing (opens the original)
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Welcome to Everything Essay! where I feature essays and talk about the art and craft of the writing. I also write about the books I’m reading and what I learn about writing from those. And sometimes the conversation veers into aging, AI and more.This week I’m sharing my own essay, “My Guilty Reading Pleasure—More Than Just Rock ‘n’ Roll” that was published in the Brevity Blog last w
Who's Culpable? (opens the original)
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Welcome to Everything Essay! where I feature essays and talk about the art and craft of the writing. I also write about the books I’m reading and what I learn about writing from those. And sometimes the conversation veers into aging, AI and more. I found Bruce Holsinger’s novel Culpability both a terrifying and compelling read. I’d put the book down, unable to take in another word, but then I couldn’t keep myself from picking it back u
Finding the Story Beneath the Story (opens the original)
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Welcome to Everything Essay! where every two to three weeks I feature an essay and talk about the art and craft of the writing. Then, on the in-between weeks, I write about the books I’m reading and what I learn about writing from those. And sometimes the conversation veers into aging too. It’s a book week.Thanks for reading Everything Essay! w
Oh Rats! (opens the original)
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