{"id":14156,"date":"2026-01-04T16:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T23:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=14156"},"modified":"2026-01-04T16:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T23:05:25","slug":"quiet-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/quiet-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiet Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"274\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/White-Feather.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14067\" style=\"width:162px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cQuiet writing isn&#8217;t a genre, it&#8217;s more like a style and an approach. For creative nonfiction, it&#8217;s narrative that focuses on everyday moments, employs keen observation, and includes details and imagery to demonstrate and investigate the human experience. It reads quiet but still carries the tension and conflict that is fundamental to good storytelling.\u201d \u2014 Andrea A. Firth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excerpted from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/bar\/?stat=groovemails-events&amp;bin=wpcom_email_click&amp;redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fbrevity.wordpress.com%2F2025%2F04%2F23%2Fquiet-writing%2F&amp;sr=0&amp;signature=7c85735d93643708d8e3829495dd7973&amp;blog_id=187081&amp;user=244903365&amp;_e=eyJlcnJvciI6bnVsbCwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTg3MDgxLCJibG9nX2xhbmciOiJlbiIsInNpdGVfaWRfbGFiZWwiOiJ3cGNvbSIsImhhc19mZWF0dXJlZF9pbWFnZSI6IjAiLCJzdWJzY3JpYmVyX2lkIjoiNzEwNDg0MzY3IiwiX3VpIjoyNDQ5MDMzNjUsImxvY2FsZSI6ImVuIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJVU0QiLCJjb3VudHJ5X2NvZGVfc2lnbnVwIjoiVVMiLCJzaWdudXBfZmxvd19uYW1lIjoiYWNjb3VudCIsImVtYWlsX2RvbWFpbiI6InNvbmljLm5ldCIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjI2NzgzLCJ1c2VyX2VtYWlsIjoibWN1bGxlbkBzb25pYy5uZXQiLCJkYXRlX3NlbnQiOiIyMDI1LTA0LTIzIiwiZW1haWxfaWQiOiI1MWM2N2MyMDgzZTAwYWQwMmE1ZTAzNDE3YzI4ZDM3YyIsImVtYWlsX25hbWUiOiJuZXctcG9zdCIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoibmV3LXBvc3QiLCJsaW5rX2Rlc2MiOiJwb3N0LXVybCIsImFuY2hvcl90ZXh0IjoiUXVpZXQgV3JpdGluZzogU3RhcnQgd2l0aCBhbiBFdmVyeWRheVx1MDBhME1vbWVudCIsIl9kciI6bnVsbCwiX2RsIjoiXC93cC1jcm9uLnBocD9kb2luZ193cF9jcm9uPTE3NDU0MDYwMTAuMjQxMzExMDczMzAzMjIyNjU2MjUwMCIsIl91dCI6IndwY29tOnVzZXJfaWQiLCJfdWwiOiJtY3VsbGVuNDI3NmU4YzdhZSIsIl9lbiI6IndwY29tX2VtYWlsX2NsaWNrIiwiX3RzIjoxNzQ1NDA2MTk0NDQzLCJicm93c2VyX3R5cGUiOiJwaHAtYWdlbnQiLCJfYXVhIjoid3Bjb20tdHJhY2tzLWNsaWVudC12MC4zIiwiYmxvZ190eiI6Ii00IiwidXNlcl9sYW5nIjoiZW4ifQ=&amp;_z=z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quiet Writing: Start with an Everyday&nbsp;Moment<\/a><\/strong>, Brevity Blog Post, April 23, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andreaafirth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrea A. 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