• Craft and Advice

    Narrative

    What You See Is What You Get: The Optical Illusions That Shape Fiction—and Ourselves

    T.J. Martinson Explores the Narrative Role of Sight on the Page and in the Real World

     
    By T.J. Martinson  May 23, 2025
    The Writing Life

    None of Your Business: Why Writers Shouldn’t Feel Obligated to Share Too Much

    By Debbie Urbanski  May 22, 2025
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Alison Bechdel Is Reading Now, and Next

    By Diana Arterian  May 22, 2025
    Science fiction

    Writing Towards the Future: Searching for Realism In an Increasingly Surreal World

    By Fred Lunzer  May 21, 2025
    Language

    Donal Ryan on Embracing the Evolution of Language While Preserving Its Essence

    By Donal Ryan  May 21, 2025
    Writing Place

    The Fact and the Fiction of Philly: Writing Place From Research, Memory and Intuition

    By Naomi Xu Elegant  May 21, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Richard Bausch Thinks You Can Never Permanently Ruin a Piece of Writing (And Other Tidbits)

    By Literary Hub  May 20, 2025
    Food Writing

    Face Pies, Holiday Turkeys, Finger-Feeding Critics: The Five Best Food Scenes in Literature

    By Adam Roberts  May 20, 2025
    craft advice

    Eating Your Words: In Defense of Writing Without a Recipe

    By Daria Lavelle  May 20, 2025
    The Craft of Writing

    Richard Russo on Words and Their Arrangement

    Considering Townes Van Zandt's "Pancho and Lefty"

    By Richard Russo  May 23, 2025
    Philosophy

    What Spinoza’s Metaphysics Can Reveal to Us About the Creative Process

    By Madeleine Thien  May 20, 2025
    The Critic and Her Publics

    Ben Calhoun on Editing for the Ear

    By The Critic and Her Publics   May 20, 2025
    In Conversation

    Talk Fiction: Adelaide Faith on Turning an Obsession with Her Therapist into a Novel

    By Chelsea Hodson  May 19, 2025
    Work

    Clocking In, Hauntings, and Sticking It to the Patriarchy: Seven Novels on the Workplace

    Lorna Graham Recommends Chandler Baker, Bonnie Garmus, Calvin Kasulke, and More

    By Lorna Graham  May 19, 2025
    Influences

    Actually, It’s Ok to Steal Your Ideas. Sort Of… (Or: Learning to Love My Literary Influences)

    By Bryan VanDyke  May 19, 2025
    On Home

    Amman Compendium: Mariam Itani on Beirut, Home, and the Paradox of Living in Jordan

    By Mariam Itani  May 19, 2025
    Write-minded

    Amanda Knox on Reclaiming Your Story on Your Terms

    By Memoir Nation   May 19, 2025
    First Draft

    Kate Folk on Pushing Past the Gimmick

    In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 19, 2025
    The Craft of Writing

    Dwyer Murphy Explains How to Build a House (in Your Novel)

    By Dwyer Murphy  May 16, 2025
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    I Refuse to Support My Friend’s Crappy Self-Published Novel: Am I the Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  May 15, 2025
    Bookstores

    Monica Macansantos on Finding Her Voice and Reuniting with Her Father Through Used Books

    By Monica Macansantos  May 15, 2025
    The Internet Age

    Against Algorithms: Why Tuning Out is an Essential Part of the Creative Process

    Ling Ling Huang on the Importance of Keeping True to Your Own Thoughts

    By Ling Ling Huang  May 14, 2025
    Experimental Fiction

    Neither Plot Nor Character, But… Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

    By Lincoln Michel  May 13, 2025
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

    By Teddy Wayne  May 13, 2025
    Historical Fiction

    Include as Little History as You Can: The Danger of Explaining Too Much in Historical Fiction

    By Jesse Browner  May 20, 2025
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