Can My Baby Read?
Does anyone remember those My Baby Can Read DVDs that were popular in the mid-2000s…
tlpackerNovember 4, 2026
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Short Story Trauma: Stories We Were Too Young to Read
Remember that English unit in middle school when all we read were creepy, traumatic short…
The Magic of Opening Lines
Opening lines are hard. For example, I wrote the body of this blog post long…
tlpackerOctober 30, 2026
My Storyteller Favorites
Once upon a time—as all good stories start—I worked in the Provo Library's children’s department…
neahcdOctober 16, 2026
The Tortured Writer Trope: Does Good Writing Require Pain?
As long as people have made art, there’s been this idea that suffering is the…
neahcdOctober 13, 2026
The Importance of Being a Reading Writer
Every writer wants to better their craft, to constantly improve upon their work. But your…
tlpackerOctober 8, 2026
Stop Trying to Sound Smart: The Art of Writing Plain, Beautiful Prose
Writers have a funny habit: The second we sit down to write something “important,” we…
tlpackerOctober 1, 2026
Contributor Pay Explained: Why It Matters and How It Works
When Inscape Journal was first thought up in the 1980s, its creators certainly had big…
Megan BealsAugust 24, 2026
Genre Highlight: Creative Nonfiction
Ah, yes, the unsung hero of literary creativity. If you mention creative nonfiction in a…
Katelyn UibelApril 20, 2026
Balancing the Literary Scales: Does Highlighting Women Mean Diminishing Men in YA Literature?
Where are my healthy male characters? Male authors and characters have dominated the literary sphere…
Sophie RichardsFebruary 11, 2026
