• Craft and Advice

    The Craft of Writing

    Eric Puchner: How to Be Funny When Writing a Novel

    “When in doubt, leave the reaction out.”

     
    By Eric Puchner  February 21, 2025
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    Am I the Literary Asshole for Thinking All Book Covers Look the Same?

    By Kristen Arnett  February 20, 2025
    Self-Publishing

    Inky and Determined: In Praise of Writers Who Self-Publish

    By Lewis Buzbee  February 20, 2025
    Walking

    How Walking Shaped Simone and Hélène de Beauvoir’s Art and Thought

    By Annabel Abbs  February 19, 2025
    Writing the Novel

    How the Kremlin’s Truly Epic Adaptation of War and Peace Helped Me Write a Novel

    By Elyse Durham  February 19, 2025
    Storytelling

    Novelists, Trust Me: You Can Really Learn a Lot About Storytelling From Video Games Like Elden Ring

    By Nick Newman  February 19, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Fathers and Daughters

    What My Father’s Emails Taught Me About the Craft of Writing

    By Emily J. Smith  February 19, 2025
    In Conversation

    Dreams of Liberation: Alex Zamalin on the Political Power of American Countercultures

    By Aaron Robertson  February 19, 2025
    Narrators

    Poetry’s “Flirty, Winking Middle Space.” Sarah Lyn Rogers on the Speaker as Mask in Verse

    By Sarah Lyn Rogers  February 18, 2025
    In Conversation

    Clinging to an Ardent Hope: Eli Zuzovsky on Film, Selfhood, and Being an Israeli Writer Today

    Neel Mukherjee in Conversation with the Author of "Mazeltov"

    By Eli Zuzovsky  February 21, 2025
    Write-minded

    Dennis James Sweeney on How to Submit

    By Write-minded   February 18, 2025
    Experimental Fiction

    Beautiful and Innovative: In Praise of Artistic Experimentation in Literature

    By Sam Mills  February 14, 2025
    The Craft of Writing

    Roisín O’Donnell on Developing a Short Story into a Novel

    By Roisín O'Donnell  February 14, 2025
    Publishing

    Getting Rid of Book Blurbs? Easier Said Than Done

    Maris Kreizman on One of Publishing’s Eternal Inevitabilities

    By Maris Kreizman  February 13, 2025
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    If Brigitte Giraud Wasn’t a Writer, She Would’ve Been a Pop Star

    By Literary Hub  February 12, 2025
    craft advice

    From Community Organizer to Novelist: Alejandro Heredia Finds a Balance Between Art and Activism

    By Alejandro Heredia  February 12, 2025
    Windham-Campbell Prizes

    Olivia Laing on Charlotte Brontë’s Villette

    By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast   February 12, 2025
    The Critic and Her Publics

    Kaitlyn Greenidge on Making Artifacts

    In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

    By The Critic and Her Publics   February 11, 2025
    In Conversation

    Amanda Peters on Chronicling the Native Experience Through Short Fiction

    By Jane Ciabattari  February 11, 2025
    Sex

    How to Write a Good Sex Scene

    By Emily Temple  February 11, 2025
    Gaza

    Mohammed El-Kurd on the Complexities of Victimhood, Resilience, and Portraying Palestinian Genocide

    By Hanna Phifer  February 11, 2025
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

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

    Featuring Haley Mlotek, Shane McCrae, Maggie Su and More

    By Teddy Wayne  February 11, 2025
    The Writing Life

    Yes, I’ve Been Selling My Book
    on Dating Apps

    By Chloé Caldwell  February 10, 2025
    On Grief

    Lidia Yuknavitch on Finding the Words to Convey Unfathomable Loss

    By Lidia Yuknavitch  February 10, 2025
    Awakeners

    T Bambrick and Jane Miller are Writing Past the Harm

    By Awakeners   February 18, 2025
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