Tag: writer
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A Half-Baked Cake Tastes So Good
by Chelsea Kowalski Why is writing so difficult? It should be the most natural thing; we come up with story after story as children and yet as an adult when you give yourself the label of “writer”, you start to feel like a fish on land. It can’t be that we don’t have anything to…
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Embracing the Creative Chaos
by Rahma Mohamed As a writer, I constantly come across writing advice on the web, from writers I know, or from any other number of sources. The advice usually varies and comes with a “it may or may not work for you, so figure out what works for you” caveat. However, one of the most…
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Immortality in Writing
By Lauren Redwood For centuries, the publishing of any form has been used to record history and the lives of humans that lived in those periods. We write to express our own emotions, to capture the beauty and travesty around us, and to immortalize the present moment. During times such as now, it is so…
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A Message to My Fellow “Notes App” Writers
by Emma Graham On January 16, 2025, Writers In Trees (WiT) hosted a virtual book launch for our first anthology, Forest Floor. I want to extend a huge thank you to each and every person who attended. The launch was a surreal and beautiful experience! There were readings from our wonderful WiT authors, beautiful words…
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The Importance of Community
by Rahma Mohamed A lot of us think of writing as a solitary activity. You sit down, open your writing application, and start writing. What if I told you that it doesn’t have to be? Writing is a process. As they say, it takes a village. One of the most important stages of the process…
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The Importance of Close Reading
by Lauren Redwood It goes without saying that literature is inspiration for writers. Some might say it is the kindling for our own inner voices. We all have our favourite pieces of written work. What makes them stand out amidst the thousands of other works? What in those pages calls out to us? There are…
