Writing Magazine

FIND YOUR WRITING happiness

Experimenting with different genres is a great way of extending your range and developing your writing voice. For example, I started writing poetry because I wanted to be able to write more lyrical prose and I often use themes and settings from my fiction as a basis for non-fiction articles.

It can surprise you too. People who think of themselves as purely fiction writers often discover, when they free-range off their normal writing tracks, that they love writing non-fiction and poetry

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