Literary Hub
Literary Hub
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • BUY A HAT
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
  • Craft and Criticism
  • Fiction and Poetry
  • News and Culture
  • Lit Hub Radio
  • Reading Lists
  • Book Marks
  • CrimeReads
  • Log In
Don’t Overthink It: The Argument For Just Starting to Write

Don’t Overthink It: The Argument For Just Starting to Write

Matt Bell Suggests You Focus on Whatever Gets You Through

By Matt Bell | March 7, 2022

Matt Bell on the Importance of Joy in Nature Stories

Matt Bell on the Importance of Joy in Nature Stories

"Go big with wonder."

By Matt Bell | July 16, 2021

Matt Bell on Heeding the Dire Climate Warnings of Our Best Literary Prophets

Matt Bell on Heeding the Dire Climate Warnings of Our Best Literary Prophets

The Author of Appleseed Recommends Work by Octavia Butler, Rebecca Roanhorse, Paolo Bacigalupi, and More

By Matt Bell | July 14, 2021

Work: A Labor Day Reading List

Work: A Labor Day Reading List

We Are the Jobs We Do

By Matt Bell | September 7, 2015

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
  • Repetition
  • Night Night Fawn
  • El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory
  • Gunk
  • The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary
    • Sujata Massey on Indian Mysteries, Saradindu Bandyopadhyay, and South Asian CinemaMarch 12, 2026 by Sujata Massey
    • Tiffany Crum on Translating the Unique Intimacy of Podcasts into FictionMarch 12, 2026 by Tiffany Crum
    • Noelle W. Ihli on Reading Survival Thrillers in a World of Real DangerMarch 12, 2026 by Noelle Ihli
    • The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "Slim but powerful Solnit writes with moral clarity and philosophical vigor in a voice that…"
  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member

  • If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.