The Brevity Blog

Strategies to protect people we are writing about and to protect ourselves

By Lynette D’Amico

When I started writing my memoir in essays Men I Hate, it didn’t occur to me to consider the ...

By Mike Karpa

Dear Saoirse,

Drunk Author Age 30-ish

I hope you’ll remember me. I’m writing you to pitch my new book, which I think would be a great match for your agency. We met at last year’s San Francisco Writers C...

Dear Writers,

In 2006, when Brevity’s Editor-in-Chief, Dinty W. Moore, launched The Brevity Blog, he created a digital space where creative nonfiction writers could share their stories,...

By Margaret Anne Mary Moore

Even now, I wonder if I’m too bold in my writing, if readers may misinterpret why I put forth certain ideas, certain arguments. The more I sit with these gut-squeezing feelings, though, the more I reali...

“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”

By Marjie Alonso

Nearly four years ago I decided to learn to write.

I found courses online and chose what seemed interesti...