Learning from McKenzie Reeves

Not every writer has published clips. Not every writer has sold a piece. Not every writer has earned a degree.

Writers are as diverse as the people who claim the title--and McKenzie Reeves is a writer. By day, she works for the Benj Miller Collective as a Business Manager and Content Development officer.

By night, she's still trying to figure out who she is as a writer.

But she's a writer, no question. She's known that since she was a child, when she would escape into books and stories as a way of coping with the world. That passion for words and how they can transport you never left her, so much so that after a difficult divorce that ended an abusive relationship, McKenzie chose to follow her passion for writing to Vermont for an MFA.

In this episode, you'll hear some of the lessons that McKenzie learned along her way to earning her MFA...some from the classroom, some from the school of experience. You'll hear how the MFA program wasn't what she thought it would be but it taught her that true writing--valuable writing--"is about me, but not about me." You'll hear how writing, "brings your experience, good and bad, forward so others can share it for themselves."

McKenzie discusses the vulnerability and honesty that good writing requires, and shares the secret for turning both into writing that not only connects with your audience, but compels them to action.

You'll love what she has to share, and you'll love connecting with her on Instagram, the only social media platform she uses. Trust me--she's worth the follow!