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small miracles are happening

As our Year of Zoom melts into Life on Zoom, there are small, creative miracles happening every day in the Zoom rooms of Written Out Loud...

the book your child can write this fall

What if your child could look back at 2020 and say, “That’s the year I wrote my first book.” Or, even better: What if your child could lo...

Storytelling Camp registration is OPEN!

To the parents of creative kids, I’m thrilled to announce that Written Out Loud will be hosting two-week Storytelling Camp sessions via Z...

Now You Can Blog from Everywhere!

We’ve made it quick and convenient for you to manage your blog from anywhere. In this blog post we’ll share the ways you can post to your...

Design a Stunning Blog

When it comes to design, the Wix blog has everything you need to create beautiful posts that will grab your reader's attention. Check out...

Grow Your Blog Community

With Wix Blog, you’re not only sharing your voice with the world, you can also grow an active online community. That’s why the Wix blog c...

storytelling teachers wanted

The Written Out Loud Storytelling School is seeking several highly-qualified, charismatic storytelling teachers to begin work immediately...

maura mandt

The summer of 2014 was the lowest point of my life. I had just been fired by NBC Sports. I had a wife, three young kids, and a brand-new ...

the story of fairfield national, part one

My good friend Chris Jackson, who, like me, has a son on the Fairfield National Little League 11U team (11U stands for kids age 11 and un...

here's why I haven't blogged in a year or so.

THE NEW YORKER's Jia Tolentino put this in words much better than I've been able to these past few months. I'm sorry to be so out of touc...

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