When I first taught personal narrative in my freshmen Literature and Writing course last year I planned a traditional unit. I practiced descriptive writing techniques by having them listen to the ...

LAKE WALES - Fourth-grade writers at Janie Howard Wilson entered "Narrative Writing" exercises at their own risk with two activities designed to stimulate their creativity. Students began learning ...

We’re total suckers for self improvement: The self-help industry brings in billions of dollars each year from countless books. All that encouraging advice can feel empowering and commonsensical, ...

As an advocate of writing for healing, I often find that there are students in my workshops who are trying to come to terms with past traumas. A large number of those dealing with such traumas have ...

In 2010, I posted a blog on Psychology Today titled “From Tragedy to Art.” I am excited that a reader found this post over two years later and wanted to know more about how personal narrative and ...

The CWA writing courses are open to any undergraduate at Northwestern who has met the prerequisite of having already taken one writing-intensive course at Northwestern. They are taught by Visiting ...