Category Archives: Storytelling

When Inspiration Accosts You—Write a Short Story

Former mayor of Stockton Michael Tubbs gave a recent interview to the Los Angeles Times [...]

Could modern psychiatry save Sylvia Plath?

Why would a brilliant, young, beautiful woman kill herself? Heather Clark’s new biography, Red Comet: [...]

Could Juul’s marketing team have been that clueless?

It is possible to live in a bubble and ignore everyone and everything outside that [...]

Nutrition an issue in Demi Lovato’s 2018 relapse?

Demi Lovato released the first two episodes of her YouTube docuseries “Dancing with the Devil” [...]

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel adds to mental health stigma

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, a Netflix docuseries, is four hours long. [...]

What If No One Can Diagnose Your Illness?

Some weeks I can’t stop reflecting upon the real-life stories I come across that show [...]

Joy and Panic—Manuscript Almost a Book

Why are drug addiction and suicide rates increasing, particularly among young adults? The contradiction between [...]

Eavesdropping can yield ideas for stories

Maybe I love eavesdropping, because I grew up in New York City where you hear [...]