Words have been my whole life. My mother says I read the telephone directory and newspaper at age two, a preposterous but telling story, because when I was young, there were no books.

I’m a reader. For a long time, I used to think there was a huge difference between being a reader and a writer...but not anymore.

Patrick T. Reardon's poetry and writing are deeply rooted in his experience growing up in the Catholic church, his reading of great works, and his grief of tragic loss.

Stephanie Cotsirilos' writers' journey challenges a traditional notion of "literacy" and argues that culture, art, and experience are this, too.

Sandro Piedrahita's return to Peru at age 22, at the height of Shining Path terrorist activity, framed a lifetime of writing about the characters and stories in the Shining Path war.

Hilton Koppe is a family doctor from a small village on the east coast of Australia, and writing became a path to healing himself and helping others. It is his writers journey.

Cory Essey has been writing since she was young, but kept it to herself. With persistence,—and many stories to tell—she now shares her writing with others.

How has story been told? Geoffrey Dutton looks at the evolving technology of story, from oral tradition to artificial intelligence.

To refine her skills as an architect, Nicole Voss went searching for the meaning of creativity. What she found was writing.

Stephen Newton shares his path from world of fiction to documentary film making. Stories told with the permission, and earned trust, of the films' subjects.