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The fundamentals of genre

Everything You Need to Write a Personal Essay

Jan 12, 2025 • Andrea A. Firth

Everything You Need to Write Prose Poetry

Jan 11, 2025 • Karan Kapoor

Everything You Need to Write Flash Fiction

Jan 10, 2025 • Jo Gatford

Everything You Need to Write Speculative Fiction

Dec 18, 2024 • Grace P. Fong

Everything You Need to Write a Novel

Nov 27, 2024 • Amy Shearn

Everything You Need to Write Love Poems

Jul 24, 2024 • Shannan Mann

Everything You Need to Write Short (Funny) Fiction

Jul 24, 2024 • Chill Subs and Alex Baia

Everything You Need to Write Scary Good Horror

Jan 1, 2024 • Kayla Kumari

Recent posts

EVERYTHING You Need to Launch Your Writing Career

Or at least 14 things that are actually worth your time

Dec 29, 2025 • Shelby Stretton and The Forever Workshop

EVERYTHING You Need To Write Truthful, Powerful Creative Non-Fiction

From personal essays to memoir to bare-your-soul newsletters

Dec 22, 2025

EVERYTHING You Need To Write The Best Dang Fiction of Your Life

From short-shorts to a whole-ass novel (and everything in between)

Dec 15, 2025 • The Forever Workshop and Jo Gatford

EVERYTHING You Need To Write Prize-Winning Poetry

From prompts to structure to metaphor to punching your reader right in the feels

Dec 8, 2025 • The Forever Workshop and Jo Gatford

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