• Craft and Advice

    Otherppl

    Reginald Dwayne Betts on Living Between the Poles of Yale-Educated Lawyer and Prison-Educated Poet

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  July 21, 2021
    Thresholds

    Rivka Galchen on Her Instinct to Abandon Projects

    By Thresholds   July 21, 2021
    The Hub

    8 storytelling tips all writers could learn from the legendary Zola Twitter thread turned hit movie.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  July 20, 2021
    Pain

    Rachel Yoder on Navigating Chronic Pain Through Storytelling

    By Rachel Yoder  July 20, 2021
    So Many Damn Books

    Rosecrans Baldwin on Los Angeles, Wittgenstein, and Melancholy

    By So Many Damn Books  July 20, 2021
    First Draft

    Michael Kleber-Diggs on Connecting to the World Through Poetry

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 19, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Matt Bell on the Importance of Joy in Nature Stories

    By Matt Bell  July 16, 2021
    New Books Network

    Sarah Gailey on the Horror and Wonder of Self-Reflection

    By New Books Network  July 16, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Kristen Radtke on the Biology of Loneliness

    By The Maris Review  July 15, 2021
    The Hub

    Roberto Bolaño’s best advice for writing short stories is . . . pretty wild.

    By Emily Temple  July 14, 2021
    Storytelling

    Plot Is Just Music You Sing In Your Mind: How Popular Rock Songs Can Help Shape Your Novel

    By Katie Crouch  July 14, 2021
    Thresholds

    Kaveh Akbar on Getting Sober and the Supernatural Language of Writing

    By Thresholds   July 14, 2021
    Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

    Voyage Into Genre with T. L. Huchu, P. Djèlí Clark, and Kamau Ware

    By Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre   July 14, 2021
    Otherppl

    Matt Bell on Solving Crises Through Speculative Fiction (and Having Fun Doing It)

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  July 14, 2021
    Writers on Writers

    Dana Spiotta on Turning to James Joyce for Inspiration and the Power of Cultural Reckonings

    By Jane Ciabattari  July 13, 2021
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

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

    By Teddy Wayne  July 13, 2021
    Humor

    To Write a Comic Novel, I Had to Shed the Weight of Expectation (and Adopt a New Name)

    By Tahmima Anam  July 13, 2021
    Family Histories

    What Writing the Story of a Divorce Taught Me About My Own

    By Joyce Maynard  July 12, 2021
    First Draft

    Steven Pressfield on the Artist
    as Warrior

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 12, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Richard Flanagan on Writing (and Rewriting) Through the Devastating Bushfires in Tasmania and Australia

    By The Literary Life  July 9, 2021
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Rebecca Mead on Finding Ways to Keep Reporting Through Lockdown

    By The Quarantine Tapes  July 9, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Anne Lamott on Writing Compelling Dialogue

    By Anne Lamott  July 9, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Dana Spiotta on the Inevitable Reckonings of Generation X

    By The Maris Review  July 8, 2021
    Craft

    What Do You Do When a Short Story Wants to Be a Novel?

    By Rachel Donohue  July 8, 2021
    Family Stories

    What the Dead Leave Behind: On the Way a Life Can Inhabit a House

    By Emily Austin  July 8, 2021
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