How Reading John McPhee’s Book on Tennis Helped Me Write About Skateboarding

How Reading John McPhee’s Book on Tennis Helped Me Write About Skateboarding

Jonathan Russell Clark Finds Better Ways to Describe the Action

By Jonathan Russell Clark | February 9, 2022

How to Finally Stop Obsessing About That Thing That Keeps You up at Night

How to Finally Stop Obsessing About That Thing That Keeps You up at Night

Cognitive Neuroscientist Moshe Bar on Labeling and “Writing Therapy”

By Moshe Bar | February 9, 2022

Kiese Laymon on Revision as Love, and Love as Revision

Kiese Laymon on Revision as Love, and Love as Revision

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | February 9, 2022

Brendan Slocumb on Mentorship, Antiquities Theft, and Being the Only Black Violin Player Around

Brendan Slocumb on Mentorship, Antiquities Theft, and Being the Only Black Violin Player Around

The Author of The Violin Conspiracy Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | February 9, 2022

Some Fundamental Principles for Writing Great Sex

Some Fundamental Principles for Writing Great Sex

Rebecca Sacks on the Craft Behind the Intimacy

By Bee Sacks | February 8, 2022

“Every Time You Eat a Bagel It’s a Fuckin’ Crime.” Liv Stratman on Writing About Diet Culture

“Every Time You Eat a Bagel It’s a Fuckin’ Crime.” Liv Stratman on Writing About Diet Culture

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

By I'm a Writer But | February 8, 2022

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Amor Towles on Bringing a Historical Setting to Life

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How to Read a Play as a Manual for Novel Writing

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Julia May Jonas on Tempo, Audience, and More

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Peter Ho Davies on Why We Fear Revision (and How to Get Over It)

Peter Ho Davies on Why We Fear Revision (and How to Get Over It)

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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Bernardine Evaristo on Lessons Learned From Toni Morrison

Bernardine Evaristo on Lessons Learned From Toni Morrison

“As a writer, Morrison asks us to do some of the work.”

By Bernardine Evaristo | February 3, 2022

Some Helpful Metaphors for Writing a Novel, Illustrated

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Swan Huntley on the Highs and Lows of Getting Lost Inside Your Own Maze

By Swan Huntley | February 3, 2022

Easy Come, Easy Go: Lan Samantha Chang on Writing, Debt, and Diamonds

Easy Come, Easy Go: Lan Samantha Chang on Writing, Debt, and Diamonds

“The money will come and go but you will always have a good piece of jewelry.”

By Lan Samantha Chang | February 1, 2022

How the Male Point of View Shapes the Narrative of <em>The Great Gatsby</em>

How the Male Point of View Shapes the Narrative of The Great Gatsby

Jillian Cantor Reimagines Fitzgerald’s Classic Novel from the Perspectives of Women

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