There is something bold about a story that starts with “I.” It doesn’t wait for permission. It pulls you in, hands you the narrator’s shoes, and says, “Walk with me.” First-person point of view is one ...

The house of fiction has many windows, but only two or three doors. I can tell a story in the third person or in the first person, and perhaps in the second person singular, or in the first person ...

How do you tell the tale of your greatest challenge or adversity? Even when we believe that we’ve created a happy, ideal life for ourselves, our course can be not-so-gently redirected, taking us to a ...