Language Arts

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to tell a story out loud — and how hard it suddenly feels to write it down? You can sit at the kitchen table surrounded by family and share a memory that has everyone laughing or leaning in close. But put a blank page in front of you, and suddenly everything feels stiff and impossible. The good news? Your family isn’t looking for a polished book. They’re looking for you — and Tami Nantz shows you exactly how to give them that.

Sometimes the page is just rude. You sit down with good intentions and nothing happens — the screen stays blank, your brain checks out, and your keyboard might as well be a brick wall. Sound familiar? Most writers — beginners and seasoned ones alike — hit this wall more often than they’d like to admit. Feeling stuck isn’t a sign something’s wrong. It’s just part of the process. In this piece, Tami Nantz walks through five practical, pressure-free ways to get the words moving again. No magical inspiration required.

Most people think the secret to winning more business is a better pitch. A sharper hook. More confidence. More persuasion. But what if the real problem isn’t how you’re selling — it’s that nobody actually understands what you’re saying? There’s a reason some communicators earn trust almost instantly while others talk in circles and wonder why people tune out. Tami Nantz cuts through the noise with a simple principle that changes the way you write, speak, and show up in business. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

We reserve the word “art” for people with extraordinary talent—painters who capture light on canvas, poets who make language sing, sculptors who free figures from stone. But what if we’ve been thinking about it all wrong? What if art isn’t really about skill at all, but about something much simpler and more accessible? Something children do naturally until we teach them to stop. This piece explores a different way of seeing creativity—one that changes everything about how we notice beauty, meaning, and our connection to something eternal.

You know those stories that sit quietly in your memory—the ones that shaped who you are today? Maybe it’s a moment in the kitchen, a hospital waiting room conversation, or the morning you realized something important about yourself. Those aren’t just memories. They’re wisdom waiting to be passed down.

Tami Nantz invites teens to see their writing as more powerful than they realize — a way to encourage others, tell the truth, sort out what’s going on inside, and shape moments that matter. Through relatable examples and gentle wisdom, she shows how words can build connection and clarity. A set of meaningful writing challenges at the end gives young writers practical ways to grow their voice and confidence.

You love stories—I do too! Maybe you’ve read a book that made you laugh out loud, cry a little, or stay up way past your bedtime (even though you promised your parents you’d only read one more chapter). And now you’re thinking…