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Terry McDonell has edited Outside, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, among other magazines, and is a member of the ASME Editors Hall of Fame. His memoir, The Accidental Life: An Editor's Notes on Writing and Writers, is available now from Vintage. To read him on Hunter S. Thompson covering Donald Trump visit TerryMcDonell.com


How Hunter S. Thompson Would Cover Donald Trump

Swap the Name "Trump" for "Nixon" and Let It Rip…
August 3, 2017  By Terry McDonell
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So You’ve Decided to Write: How the Hell Do You Get Paid?

Once Upon a Time, Writers Made Five Dollars a Word
August 2, 2017  By Terry McDonell
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So You’ve Decided to Write: Is Your Novel Actually Fiction or Non?

Truth Can Be Revealed in More Ways Than One
August 1, 2017  By Terry McDonell
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So You’ve Decided to Write: The Best Way to Deal with Rejection

“I long to hold the poetry editor’s penis in my hand.”
July 27, 2017  By Terry McDonell
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So You’ve Decided to Write: The Writer I Never Had to Edit

Terry McDonell on the Value of Leaving Well Enough Alone
July 26, 2017  By Terry McDonell
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So You’ve Decided to Write: Will You Tell the Truth?

Terry McDonell on the Deal All Writers Have to Make With Themselves
July 25, 2017  By Terry McDonell
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So You’ve Decided to Write: On Editing James Salter

Terry McDonell on Working with a "Writer's Writer"
July 20, 2017  By Terry McDonell
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So You’ve Decided to Write: Take Advantage of Your Insomnia

Terry McDonell on the Importance of Taking Nighttime Notes
July 19, 2017  By Terry McDonell
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So You’ve Decide to Write: What I Learned Editing Hunter S. Thompson

Terry McDonell on the Origin of 'Gonzo' and Late Night Calls from Hunter
July 18, 2017  By Terry McDonell
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So You’ve Decided to Write: What I Learned From Editing Jim Harrison

Part Three of Terry McDonell's Summer Series on Becoming a Writer
July 13, 2017  By Terry McDonell
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So You’ve Decided to Write: When to Drown Your Darlings

Part Two in Terry McDonell's Summer Series on How to Be a Writer
July 12, 2017  By Terry McDonell
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So You’ve Decided to Write: Advice from a Great and Notorious Editor

Introducing a New Summer Series on Writing from Terry McDonell
July 11, 2017  By Terry McDonell
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How to Reject a Writer, and Other Advice For Editors

On Dealing with "Acid-Sucking Pieces of Illiterate Shit" and Holding the Poetry Editor's Penis
September 1, 2016  By Terry McDonell
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Terry McDonell Remembers Jim Harrison

"Eat or Die" Was His Motto
March 31, 2016  By Terry McDonell
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