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Why You Should Write About Your Characters at Work
Jason Allen Explains How His Worst Jobs Shaped Him as a Writer
By
Jason Allen
| August 9, 2019
On the Anxiety of Writing Historical Fiction: A User's Manual
Caitlin Horrocks Offers Some Advice for Writing Into the Past
By
Caitlin Horrocks
| August 9, 2019
Romanticizing Mount Everest Misses the Real Story
"An entire population has been overlooked for decades"
By
Adam Popescu
| August 9, 2019
"The Greatest Menace to the Writer is the Reader" and Other Advice from Shirley Jackson
(But Don't Worry, You Can Beat Him at His Own Game.)
By
Emily Temple
| August 8, 2019
The Hate Mail I Got When I Wrote About My Hometown in Upstate New York
Brock Clarke On Capturing the Messy, Individual Voices of Little Falls
By
Brock Clarke
| August 8, 2019
"You Don't Know Anything." And Other Writing Advice from Toni Morrison
I don’t want to hear about your true love and your mama and your papa and your friends.
By
Emily Temple
| August 6, 2019
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
On the Pitfalls and Power of
the Religious Essay
By
Sonja Livingston
| August 5, 2019
When Novelists Become Method Actors
By
Leland Cheuk
| July 31, 2019
The Late-Capitalist Privileges of
Being an Art Monster
By
Sarah Elaine Smith
| July 31, 2019
On Learning to Use My Inner Cheerleader to Find Writerly Confidence
Liz Astroff Wrestles to Balance Parenting and Writing
By
Liz Astrof
| July 30, 2019
Learning How to Write Girls with Agency in Fiction
Stephanie Jimenez: Imagining Girlhood Beyond the Threat
of Sexual Violence
By
Stephanie Jimenez
| July 29, 2019
Why Don't I Read All My Books?
Karen Olsson on the Ghosts on Her Shelves
By
Karen Olsson
| July 26, 2019
In the Woods: Telling the Finnish-American Immigrant Story
Karl Marlantes on the Hardworking Lives of His Ancestors
By
Karl Marlantes
| July 23, 2019
Writing Through Extreme Grief Helped Me Become Myself Again
Margaret Renkl on the Unexpected Catalyst for Writing Her First Book
By
Margaret Renkl
| July 19, 2019
On the Fine (and Difficult) Art of Science Writing
Randi Hutter Epstein: When Even Science Isn't An Exact Science
By
Randi Hutter Epstein
| July 17, 2019
How
General Hospital
Inspired My New Novel
Why Marcy Dermansky is Not Afraid to Mess With Her Characters
By
Marcy Dermansky
| July 11, 2019
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