Jamie Lynne BurgessFeb 24 minThe Best Ever Writing AdviceShe dropped it so casually, this elegant bit of writing advice, that I have now been using for over nine years. It has saved me money and...
Jamie Lynne BurgessOct 12, 20205 minWhat I Learned in My First WorkshopAs an undergraduate, I went to the Young Building on Friday afternoons and climbed the curved staircase to the door of Peter's office. We...
Jamie Lynne BurgessAug 29, 20209 minJo March & Taylor Swift: Copyrights and Artistic ControlAt the New York City premiere of Greta Gerwig's Little Women in 2019, Emma Watson gave a short interview with Variety about the...
Jamie Lynne BurgessAug 18, 20207 minModern Romantic Missive: A Close Reading of "the lakes"Taylor takes the concept of the modern romantics to new heights in this song, asking if songwriters are the poets of our modern times.
Jamie Lynne BurgessJul 25, 202013 minOn Authorship & the Creative Process: What 'folklore' is really aboutThe women of Taylor Swift’s latest album, folklore, are a handful. They “never leave well enough alone;” they “talk sh*t" ...
Jamie Lynne BurgessMay 15, 20202 minThe Path ForwardThey tell you that the path to becoming a writer is either MFA or NYC. I've thought about an MFA. I've attended the info sessions at...
Jamie Lynne BurgessMay 13, 20201 minThe Many Faces of Little WomenWhen the new Little Women was set to release last Christmas, many people were asking this question: do we really need another Little...
Jamie Lynne BurgessMar 18, 20203 minWriting from Elsewhere: What It's Like to Write at an Artists' ResidencyI found out I'd been accepted to Elsewhere Studios for two months while I was in Paris with Kerri. It felt important because these were...
Jamie Lynne BurgessFeb 11, 20206 minPart 3: Amy in ReverseNot everyone is a Jo or even wants to be one. There are plenty of Jos out there: strong-willed women who love to climb trees, who would...
Jamie Lynne BurgessJan 18, 20206 minPart 2: Subverting Our Memories of Little WomenThe girls next to me in the first showing of Little Women were chatting all through the previews. But I knew they had read the book,...
Jamie Lynne BurgessJan 4, 20208 minPart 1: Facts & Fiction in Little Women“If I was a girl in a book this would all be so easy,” Jo March tells her mother in the newest adaptation of Little Women, released on...
Jamie Lynne BurgessFeb 14, 20195 minTAPIF gives creatives the gift of timePeople who are born to make things--to make photographs or essays or paintings--are faced too often with the choice between earning money...
Jamie Lynne BurgessOct 22, 20185 minWhy You Need to Get on the NaNoWriMo BandwagonOne of my Awake readers recently wrote to me: "I have a writer trapped inside of me." If you feel like this too, I think it's time to set...
Jamie Lynne BurgessSep 11, 20188 minStories from Literary Sojourn 2018I woke up after midnight, when John was just coming in from his celestial observations. “It’s today,” I told him, muffled by sleep. ...
Jamie Lynne BurgessJul 4, 20188 minThoughts & Reflections from the May Alcott ConferenceNearly every presenter said with enthusiasm, “I’m so grateful to present this to people who already know what I’m talking about!” It was...
Jamie Lynne BurgessMay 22, 20187 minLet Pickled Limes Lie: A Review of Masterpiece's Little WomenBronson Alcott notoriously didn't translate well onto the page. In life, he was lauded as charming, a conversationalist that could hold...
Jamie Lynne BurgessDec 30, 20178 minThe Year (of Wyeth) in ReviewWyeths in the Farnsworth Art Museum Memoirists, of course, spend a lot of time thinking about the past--so it's perhaps no wonder that...
Jamie BurgessApr 10, 20164 minThe Best Writing Tips from AWP 201615,000 writers gathered at the Los Angeles Convention Center last weekend, sporting their quirky outfits and thick glasses and carrying...