• Craft and Advice

    Write-minded

    Barbara Ridley on Centering Marginalized Characters in Your Fiction

    By Write-minded   November 4, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Leonard Cassuto on Taking Care of Your Reader

    By Leonard Cassuto  November 1, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    I Really Want to Call Out My Friend For Bragging About How Much YA She Reads: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  October 31, 2024
    First Draft

    Charles Baxter on the Realm of Possibility

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 28, 2024
    Write-minded

    Edwidge Danticat on Being Fascinated and Daunted

    By Write-minded   October 28, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Julie Sedivy on Amplifying the Pleasure of Language

    By Julie Sedivy  October 25, 2024
    Girlhood

    Portal to a Forgotten Land: Finding Your Character’s Voice In Old Diaries

    By Tyler Wetherall  October 23, 2024
    Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

    Kemi Ashing-Giwa and CJ Leede on Scaring and Being Scared

    By Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre   October 23, 2024
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Charles Baxter Lets Stories Tell Him When It’s Time to Write (and Other Literary Morsels)

    By Literary Hub  October 22, 2024
    In Conversation

    Joshua Mohr on Writing a Genre-Blending Post-Modern Punk Rock Saga

    By Jane Ciabattari  October 22, 2024
    The Writing Life

    Elif Shafak on the Power of Literature and Being a Writer in the “Age of Angst”

    By Elif Shafak  October 22, 2024
    Food Writing

    The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators

    By Aditi Machado  October 21, 2024
    First Draft

    Edwidge Danticat on Beginnings

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 21, 2024
    Write-minded

    Michael Castleman on Optimism and Pessimism in Book Publishing

    By Write-minded   October 21, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Rebecca Nagle on Craft Lessons from (a Different Kind of) Crafting

    By Rebecca Nagle  October 18, 2024
    Biography

    Correcting for the Male Gaze: On the Unique Challenges of Writing Biographies of Women

    By Iris Jamahl Dunkle  October 17, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    It Bugs Me That My Friend Claims to Be a Writer But Never Writes: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  October 17, 2024
    Grants

    To Fund, or Not to Fund: On Redefining What Type of Work Is Grant-Worthy

    By Marian Crotty  October 17, 2024
    craft advice

    No Human Is An Island: On Fiction As a Way of Connecting Across Difference

    By John Larison  October 16, 2024
    literary criticism

    “A Valentine to the Intoxicating Nostalgia of High School.” Joyce Carol Oates on Writing Broke Heart Blues

    By Joyce Carol Oates  October 15, 2024
    First Draft

    Elizabeth Strout on Complicated People

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 15, 2024
    Write-minded

    Maggie Tokuda-Hall on Writing to Champion People and Causes

    By Write-minded   October 15, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Mark Haber on the Beauty of Digression

    By Mark Haber  October 11, 2024
    Craft

    Choreographing Shows and Scenes: What Dance Can Teach Fiction Writers

    By Shelley Noble  October 11, 2024
    The Writing Life

    Text to Speech Troubles: Why Writers Don’t Always Make the Best Speakers

    By Kate Greathead  October 10, 2024
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