Old drafts make great kindling. #writingretreat #writinglife

Contest alert! Lisa Bird-Wilson is the 2024 CreativeNFCollective/Humber Lit Review nonfiction writing judge. To learn more about what Lisa is looking for in this year's contest entries, read the interview with her here: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/interview-with… #WritingLife #NonFiction #Contest

Do we all just have OCD/ADHD/anxiety/depression, we just have to figure out which one started them all

New on my #substack: Some thoughts on creative momentum open.substack.com/pub/byvishmili…

Sometimes we have to chart the journey as we go because we don't know how long it'll take to get to the destination. open.substack.com/pub/byvishmili… #creativewriting #memoir #milestones #writingcommunity

#BigBenGame for 🕦23:24:46 260 points ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️➖ Longest word: QUIETS vole.wtf/big-ben/

BC government has acquired a land assembly of 11 single-family lots immediately adjacent to #SkyTrain Nanaimo Station for an affordable housing development. This was a court-ordered sale of Coromandel Properties' asset. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/3805…

Memoir requires a strong #narrativevoice and for a strong narrative voice to develop, we need to know who's speaking—who we are. A series on just that: my #identity. open.substack.com/pub/byvishmili… #WritingCommunity #Memoir

Hegelian dialectics and synthesis: Narratives for healing #substack #writingcommunity #doesanyoneevenhavetwitternaymore? open.substack.com/pub/byvishmili…

So i did a thing. #improv #comedy open.substack.com/pub/byvishmili…

The key to following the news is to wait five days (weeks?) so you can maybe read something that isn't just conjecture by the media

Team USA. #Olympics #OlympicGames #Olympic2024 #Paris2024 #ParisOlympics2024

Have you written a short piece about craft? Do you want to interview a fellow creative nonfiction writer about their work? The CNFC is always looking for member blog posts. Email us with your ideas!

Getting ready for Fall #WritingCircles with BC Federation of Writers! Get a preview tomorrow of what's planned (spoiler: I'm planning a #mindfulness #memoir one!) bcwriters.ca/event-5828447

What is a story? And how do we write one? open.substack.com/pub/byvishmili…

The CNFC is thrilled to be partnering with The Fiddlehead: Atlantic Canada's International Literary Journal for our 2025 creative nonfiction contest! The contest opens November 4th--check our website for a complete list of rules: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/