• Craft and Advice

    So Many Damn Books

    “I Start, You Finish.” Nita Prose on Letting the Reader Fill in the Blanks

    By So Many Damn Books  February 21, 2023
    Workshop

    New Ways to Workshop: A Reading List to Inspire Literary Innovation

    By Rachel May and Krys Malcolm Belc  February 17, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Camonghne Felix on the Gentle Balance of Writing about Trauma

    By Camonghne Felix  February 17, 2023
    Keen On

    Laline Paull: What Would Other Species Tell Us If They Could Talk?

    By Keen On  February 17, 2023
    The Literary Life

    What If You Could Explore the What If Jobs of Your Dreams?

    By The Literary Life  February 17, 2023
    Otherppl

    Chetna Maroo: “Every Time I Lost my Way, I Would Go Back to That First Page.”

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  February 16, 2023
    Keen On

    Louise Hare on Writing Black Life in England (And How to Write a Successful Second Novel)

    By Keen On  February 16, 2023
    On Craft

    On the I Ching as a Writing Guide

    By Heinz Insu Fenkl  February 16, 2023
    On Craft

    A Bizarre Pattern of Bridges: How—and Why—Baudelaire Showed Up Throughout My Fiction

    By Gunnhild Øyehaug  February 15, 2023
    Thresholds

    Chani Nicholas on Writing (and Astrology) as a Response to Trauma

    By Thresholds   February 15, 2023
    Black Music

    “A Plethora of Answers.” Black Music as Nourishment and Inspiration

    By Janelle M. Williams  February 15, 2023
    Sex

    Lit Hub’s Guide to Sex in the 21st Century

    By Literary Hub  February 14, 2023
    Love

    How to Love a Writer: On the Care and Feeding of a Creative Marriage

    By Jess deCourcy Hinds  February 14, 2023
    Campus Novels

    In Praise of the Campus Novel: Daisy Alpert Florin on Fiction and Self-Discovery

    By Daisy Alpert Florin  February 14, 2023
    Write-minded

    Ana Reyes on How Psychology Drives Good Fiction

    By Write-minded   February 14, 2023
    Hope

    How Not to Lose Hope: Alternate Histories and the Real World

    By Paz Pardo  February 14, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    Asale Angel-Ajani on the Push and Pull of Mother-Daughter Relationships

    By Jane Ciabattari  February 14, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

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

    By Teddy Wayne  February 14, 2023
    Keen On

    All Writing is Failure: Stephen Marche on Enduring the Life of a Writer

    By Keen On  February 14, 2023
    I'm a Writer But

    “Do I Want to Spend the Next Seven Years Thinking About One White Dude?” Jac Jemc on Writing About Iconic Royal Cousins

    By I'm a Writer But   February 14, 2023
    First Draft

    Kathryn Ma on Portraying Asian-Americans Positively and the “Messiness That is Life in Any Community”

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 13, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Helen Sword on the Physicality of Language

    By Helen Sword  February 10, 2023
    Animals

    The Strangest Things Are the Truest: Laline Paull on Channeling a Dolphin’s Narrative Voice

    By Laline Paull  February 10, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ on Capturing What it Means to Live in Contemporary Nigeria

    By The Maris Review  February 9, 2023
    Just the Right Book

    Courtney Maum on Exploring Depression and Forgiveness Through Horseback Riding

    By Just the Right Book   February 9, 2023
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