A physical feature is a visible, real-world characteristic. In geography, that includes things like mountains, rivers, and coastlines, and mountains alone cover about 25% of Earth's land surface while about 15% of the world's population lives in mountain regions. You're probably here because the phrase keeps showing up in two very different places. One page […]
Writing Nonfiction: My Guide to Crafting True Stories
I stared at a blank screen for forty-five minutes one Tuesday morning. My cursor blinked like a heartbeat I couldn’t quiet. I had a true story worth telling — a story about a family who survived a wildfire in Northern California — but I couldn’t figure out where to start. So I did the only […]

