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Join me and Andrea Firth for this encore episode of the writing your resilience podcast where we explore what personal essays are, how writers can uncover their essay’s aboutness, and how to develop resilient editing practices. As an added bonus, learn the inside scoop on how to get published on the Brevity Blog. 

Episode Highlights

• 4:00 The Difference Between Memoir and Personal Essay
• 7:00 Exploring the Inciting Incident for Your Essays
• 14:00 Common Struggles Essayists Have: Aboutness
• 21:00 The Power of the Braided Essay
• 25:00 Resilient Editing and Workshopping
• 34:00 Submitting to the Brevity Blog

Resources Mentioned During This Episode: 

• The Beauty of a Busted Fruit by Natalie Diaz
• Secret Words by Andrea Firth
• Broken Glass by Andrea Firth
• Old John by Andrea Firth
• Brevity Blog Submission Guidelines
• Snot-Bubble-Cry Dance Parties that Boost Your Creativity by Lisa Cooper Ellison
• Looking at an Eclipse: A Braided Essay About Braided Essays by Lilly Dancyger
• Ditch Your Inner Critic Now 

Andrea’s Bio: Andrea A. Firth is a writer, editor and educator living in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is an Editor at Brevity Blog and cofounder of Diablo Writers’ Workshop where she teaches creative writing and provides developmental editing. Andrea has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Saint Mary’s College of California. She was a finalist for The Missouri Review's 2021 Perkoff Prize in nonfiction, and her work has appeared in Dorothy Parker’s Ashes, Allium, The Coachella Review among others. Learn more about her and read her recent work at www.andreaafirth.com.

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