On the wonder and craft of the writing life. With swear words.
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Your writing is going better than you think
The world is rough. The headlines may make your gut swirl, but if you stay here and keep reading, there’s good news ahead. Really, really good news.
At the risk of sounding certifiable, I’m gonna scream it: you all are out there absolutely...
Get Your Writing Mojo Back
The kids are back in school, the vacation afterglow has all but disappeared, and the sun is going down earlier and earlier.
Summer is over, my friends. And it’s time to get back to your writing desk.
Writing is Joy is a reader-supported p...
Out of Office
First, a brag
One of my students recently published this gut punch of a piece in Hippocampus, entitled The Return Pantry.
A publication is always something to celebrate, though I urge my students — and myself — to celebrate every time...
Season 4, Episode 3: This Story Breaks All the Rules
In this episode, Julia F. Green and Ralph Walker welcome novelist, professor, and 5am Writers Club stalwart Penny Zang for a heated discussion about Tobias Wolff’s rule-breaking short story, “Bullet in the Brain.”
Reading: Bullet in the Br...
Dreaming of Jupiter
It’s May, y’all, and I sure don’t know how that happened. The spring was blurry. For the first time in my life, I thought about drywall, baseboards, and shoe molding. I moved a lot of books and journals and did paperwork. For someone who sp...
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Julia F. Green is a creative writing instructor and coach in Carrboro, North Carolina.
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