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Don’t Overthink It: The Argument For Just Starting to Write

Don’t Overthink It: The Argument For Just Starting to Write

Matt Bell Suggests You Focus on Whatever Gets You Through

By Matt Bell | March 7, 2022

The Beauty of Impermanence: Finding Inspiration in Renoir’s Fugitive Pigments

The Beauty of Impermanence: Finding Inspiration in Renoir’s Fugitive Pigments

Jennifer Murphy on Choosing a Vibrant Life

By Jennifer Murphy | March 7, 2022

Thrity Umrigar on Questioning the Rules of Objective Journalism

Thrity Umrigar on Questioning the Rules of Objective Journalism

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 7, 2022

Having Trouble With Novel Structure? Look at It Like a Mixtape

Having Trouble With Novel Structure? Look at It Like a Mixtape

Mesha Maren on Finding the Flow of a Book

By Mesha Maren | March 4, 2022

Instructions for Dating a Fellow Writer

Instructions for Dating a Fellow Writer

Renée Branum Lays Out a Few Universal Ground Rules

By Renée Branum | March 3, 2022

How Reading for a Literary Magazine Honed Cara Blue Adams's Fiction

How Reading for a Literary Magazine Honed Cara Blue Adams's Fiction

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | March 3, 2022

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Meet the Forensic Expert Behind Mindhunter

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“When? Where? How?” Margaret Atwood Considers the Burning Questions of the Writing Life

By Margaret Atwood | March 1, 2022

Actually, Not Everything is Writing: Sarah Moss on Why She Likes to Knit and Run

Actually, Not Everything is Writing: Sarah Moss on Why She Likes to Knit and Run

“You relax, a psychologist friend observed, by hyperstimulation.”

By Sarah Moss | March 1, 2022

John Scalzi on Writing a Sci-Fi Novel Based in a Post-Covid World

John Scalzi on Writing a Sci-Fi Novel Based in a Post-Covid World

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 1, 2022

The Cerebral, Gut-Wrenching World of Antonio di Benedetto

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Juan José Saer on a Highly Original Author

By Juan José Saer | February 28, 2022

Writing a Memoir Taught Me How to See My Mother

Writing a Memoir Taught Me How to See My Mother

Sherry Turkle on Decoding Layers of Family Secrets

By Sherry Turkle | February 28, 2022

George Saunders on Overcoming Uncertainty in Writing

George Saunders on Overcoming Uncertainty in Writing

“A good story occurs in waves.”

By George Saunders | February 25, 2022

“Science Fiction is All About Our Now.” A Conversation with Tochi Onyebuchi

“Science Fiction is All About Our Now.” A Conversation with Tochi Onyebuchi

In Conversation with Rob Wolf on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | February 25, 2022

A Constellation of Fiction: How to Tell When You Have a Short Story Collection

A Constellation of Fiction: How to Tell When You Have a Short Story Collection

Leslie Kirk Campbell on Finding the Shape of a Book

By Leslie Kirk Campbell | February 25, 2022

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