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Susan Choi on Powering Through a First Draft

Susan Choi on Powering Through a First Draft

"Sometimes the first draft is best."

By Susan Choi | August 26, 2022

13 Ways of Looking at <em>Denial</em>: Jon Raymond on the Artistic Inspiration Behind His Novel

13 Ways of Looking at Denial: Jon Raymond on the Artistic Inspiration Behind His Novel

Part Four in the Series “13 Ways of Looking”

By Jon Raymond | August 25, 2022

Megan Giddings: Why the World Still Needs Magic in Literature

Megan Giddings: Why the World Still Needs Magic in Literature

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | August 25, 2022

Jerome Charyn on Finding Literary Inspiration at the Movie Theater

Jerome Charyn on Finding Literary Inspiration at the Movie Theater

“I didn’t have to stumble with words on a page. Images on the screen became my vocabulary.”

By Jerome Charyn | August 25, 2022

WATCH: Sidik Fofana on Gentrification and Teaching in Public Schools

WATCH: Sidik Fofana on Gentrification and Teaching in Public Schools

The Author of Stories from the Tenants Downstairs in Conversation with Chantal V. Johnson at Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | August 25, 2022

Melissa Chadburn on Her Relationship Between Sobriety and Creativity

Melissa Chadburn on Her Relationship Between Sobriety and Creativity

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | August 24, 2022

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Foz Meadows and Alexandra Rowland on Falling in Love with the Romance Genre

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | August 24, 2022

Jason Chin on Developing Emotional Connections with Places in Order to Illustrate Them

By NewberyTart | August 24, 2022

I Really Didn’t Want to Write This Promotional Essay Tied to My Book Release

By Lauren Acampora | August 23, 2022

WATCH: Elizabeth Crane Talks to Leslie Jamison About Divorce, Transformation, and More

WATCH: Elizabeth Crane Talks to Leslie Jamison About Divorce, Transformation, and More

The Author of This Story Will Change in Conversation at Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | August 23, 2022

Forget Politics: Why a Novelist’s First Priority Is To Tell a Good Story

Forget Politics: Why a Novelist’s First Priority Is To Tell a Good Story

Jean Hanff Korelitz in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 23, 2022

Shane Kowalski on Creating the Comedic Pivots in His Work

Shane Kowalski on Creating the Comedic Pivots in His Work

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | August 23, 2022

Whose Lives Can We Plunder? Or: How to Base a Character on Yourself

Whose Lives Can We Plunder? Or: How to Base a Character on Yourself

Jincy Willett on Writing From Life Without Betraying Anyone

By Jincy Willett | August 23, 2022

Emotional Expression Is as Scary and Important as You Think It Is

Emotional Expression Is as Scary and Important as You Think It Is

Erica Jong and Lilly Dancyger Guest on the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | August 23, 2022

Tom Scharpling on Legacy, Being Forgotten, and His Latest Paperback Release

Tom Scharpling on Legacy, Being Forgotten, and His Latest Paperback Release

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | August 23, 2022

Marguerite Duras on Writing the Screenplay for Alain Resnais’s <em>Hiroshima Mon Amour</em>

Marguerite Duras on Writing the Screenplay for Alain Resnais’s Hiroshima Mon Amour

“We’re afraid. But ultimately, isn’t that necessary from time to time? Especially in film?”

By Marguerite Duras | August 22, 2022

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