March 30th, 2013

Beginning writers frequently wonder what they might write about and usually write about subjects with which they have very little experience. Mostly, I think, this attitude seems to be coming from a lack of understanding about their own experiences. Often, if you ask a student about his or her life, the response is frequently: "My Life is boring." Anyone who writes, of course, knows this is far from the truth. It seems to me that everyone's life is rich with experience, where you grew up, ho...