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Why I Made My Main Character a Right Wing Blogger

Why I Made My Main Character a Right Wing Blogger

Jonathan Dee on Spending Years with a Character He Didn't Quite Understand

By Jonathan Dee | August 28, 2017

Why a Party is a Perfect Literary Device

Why a Party is a Perfect Literary Device

Most People have a Party Persona at Odds with the Real Person Beneath

By Elizabeth Day | August 25, 2017

I Made a Mistake in My Book and the Internet Went Nuts

I Made a Mistake in My Book and the Internet Went Nuts

Rebecca Schuman on Trying to Be an Expert and a Woman at the Same Time

By Rebecca Schuman | August 21, 2017

Are We Different Writers When We Move From Longhand to a Screen?

Are We Different Writers When We Move From Longhand to a Screen?

A Brief History of Panic in the Face of New Writing Technology

By James Draney | August 18, 2017

Getting It Right: How to Rebuild Scenes from the Past

Getting It Right: How to Rebuild Scenes from the Past

Benjamin Rachlin Goes Deep on the Research

By Benjamin Rachlin | August 18, 2017

Jill Bialosky: The Time I Moved to New York City to Be a Poet

Jill Bialosky: The Time I Moved to New York City to Be a Poet

On Finding Meaning in Art and Work in the Big City

By Jill Bialosky | August 17, 2017

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Fact, Fiction, and When a Novel Crosses the Line

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How to Write This Year’s “Definitive Novel” of the East Village in the 1980s

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Daniel Galera on Finding That Perfect Description

By Daniel Galera | August 14, 2017

How Pickles Help Me Survive the Horrible, Wonderful Life of a Writer

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Danya Kukafka on Her One, True Love: A Good Pickle

By Danya Kukafka | August 11, 2017

Charlie Jane Anders on Writing the Future

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When the Drone Strikes in Your Story Become the Drone Strikes in the Sky

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Dani Shapiro on What We Lose by Using Twitter

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On the Redemptive Generosity of Artistic Communities

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How to Find a Little Hope in These Dark Times

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Do I Have the Right to Inhabit Another's Mental Illness in Fiction?

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Sarah Faber on Writing Her Mother's Life

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Writers, Protect Your Inner Life

Writers, Protect Your Inner Life

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