• Craft and Advice

    The History of Literature

    The Top 10 Things to Love About Hamlet

    By History of Literature  June 21, 2021
    How to Write

    Why Budding Writers Should Be Less Precious—and More Cutthroat—with Their Drafts

    By Roy Peter Clark  June 21, 2021
    First Draft

    Diane Seuss: Does Language Eclipse Feeling?

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 21, 2021
    Craft

    Ten Things Writers Need to Create Convincing Characters

    By Robert McKee  June 18, 2021
    Parenting and Writing

    When an Avowed Helicopter Parent Writes a Novel About Imperiled Children

    By Jonathan Evison  June 18, 2021
    New Books Network

    Andy Weir on the Problem of Interstellar Travel

    By New Books Network  June 18, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Marie-Helene Bertino on Using Humor to Connect with Readers

    By Marie-Helene Bertino  June 18, 2021
    The Common

    Silvia Spring on Living Abroad and Writing in Community

    By The Common  June 18, 2021
    Teaching

    Lessons in Teaching: When Your Student’s a Better Writer Than You Are

    By Elyssa Friedland  June 17, 2021
    Novelists

    On My Most Embarrassing Literary Encounters (So Far)

    By Matthew Norman  June 17, 2021
    Language

    On a Non-Native English Speaker’s Creative Journey to Authenticity

    By Dariel Suarez  June 17, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Kaitlyn Greenidge, Brandon Hobson, Elissa Washuta, and Dani Putney at the Franklin Park Reading Series

    By The Virtual Book Channel  June 17, 2021
    Keen On

    Ron Friedman on Reverse Engineering Creative Breakthroughs

    By Keen On  June 17, 2021
    Short story writers

    Is Alice Munro’s Lone Novel… Even a Novel?

    By Benjamin Hedin  June 16, 2021
    Self-Publishing

    When You’re Always Going to Be the Second-Most Famous Writer in Your Marriage

    By Neal Allen  June 16, 2021
    Keen On

    Asako Serizawa on the Inheritors of Imperialism and War

    By Keen On  June 16, 2021
    Otherppl

    “It’s Not Something I Would Recommend.” Lana Bastašić on Translating Her Own Book

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  June 16, 2021
    Thresholds

    Patrick Cottrell: How Autofiction Has Taken the Pressure Off Character Transformation

    By Thresholds   June 16, 2021
    Interview

    Joshua Henkin on Eschewing Big Reveals and Knowing Your Characters’ Birthdays

    By Ellen Adams  June 16, 2021
    Historical Fiction

    Jonathan Lee on the Man Who Built New York City… Only to Disappear Into It

    By Dwyer Murphy  June 15, 2021
    Writers on Writers

    Nana Nkweti on the Impact of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the Complexities of Multicultural Identity

    By Jane Ciabattari  June 15, 2021
    Craft

    On Deciding to Tell My Story in a Novel Instead of a Memoir

    By Brittany Ackerman  June 15, 2021
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Rivka Galchen Talks Writer’s Block and Her Pandemic Cat

    By Literary Hub  June 14, 2021
    First Draft

    Gabriela Garcia on How Mythologies Are Shaped Over Generations

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 14, 2021
    Reproductive Rights

    The Challenge of Capturing the Complexity of IVF Mix-Ups in Fiction

    By Genevieve Gannon  June 11, 2021
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