• Craft and Advice

    The Writing Life

    100 Tips That May (or May Not) Improve Your Next Novel

    By Ryan Chapman  April 2, 2024
    In Conversation

    Crystal Hana Kim on Writing as a Mother, the Korean Diaspora, and How to Structure a Page-Turner

    By Jimin Han  April 2, 2024
    Write-minded

    Kathleen Schmidt on Getting Real About Book Publishing

    By Write-minded   April 1, 2024
    First Draft

    Kiley Reid on Why Fiction Isn’t Activism

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 1, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Rita Bullwinkel on Writing Sports Narratives

    By Rita Bullwinkel  March 29, 2024
    Women’s Sports

    No Perfect Laps, No Perfect Drafts: Jade Song on What Swimming Taught Her About Writing

    By Jade Song  March 28, 2024
    In Conversation

    Alexandra Tanner on Vulnerability, Making Money as a Writer, and Taking Literary Shortcuts

    By Sasha Fletcher  March 27, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Bob Blaisdell on Karl Ove Knausgaard

    By History of Literature  March 27, 2024
    The Critic and Her Publics

    Moira Donegan on Cultivating Invulnerability

    By The Critic and Her Publics   March 26, 2024
    Storytelling

    “No Nights (or Chapters) Off.” And Other Grown Up Lessons From Reading to My Kids

    By Mark Cecil  March 26, 2024
    Historical Fiction

    “But the Ancient Greeks Didn’t *Sound* Irish…” On Capturing Voice in Historical Fiction

    By Ferdia Lennon  March 26, 2024
    I'm a Writer But

    Daniel Sweren-Becker on Playing Games with Readers

    By I'm a Writer But   March 26, 2024
    Trains

    How a Train is Like a Novel: On the Phenomenon of Illusory Self-Motion

    By John Holten  March 25, 2024
    Influences

    Summoning Literary Witches: Intan Paramaditha Rethinks Her Personal Canon

    By Intan Paramaditha  March 25, 2024
    On Grief

    Style As Survival: On Writing After Death

    By Joyelle McSweeney  March 25, 2024
    Write-minded

    Tomas Moniz on The Big Familia of Writing

    By Write-minded   March 25, 2024
    First Draft

    Debra Spark on Whether Art Can Truly Help People

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 25, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Lisa Ko: How Writing a Novel is Like Wandering a Flea Market

    By Lisa Ko  March 22, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    Am I the Literary Asshole? When to Mute Your Friend on the Internet

    By Kristen Arnett  March 21, 2024
    Writing Community

    “The Act of Writing is a Haunting Experience.” A Roundtable on Community, Craft, and Ghosts

    By Literary Hub  March 20, 2024
    The History of Literature

    J. Edward Chamberlin on How Words Shape Our World

    By History of Literature  March 20, 2024
    On Translation

    How Translating a Novel About Emily Dickinson Got Rhonda Mullins Through the Pandemic

    By Rhonda Mullins  March 18, 2024
    Asian American Literature

    Between Assimilation and Authenticity: On Navigating Discourses Around Asian American Literary Identity

    By Laura Chow Reeve  March 18, 2024
    Activism

    Francophone, Anglophone… Cameroonian? Musih Tedji Xaviere on Telling the Story of Her Country’s Struggles

    By Musih Tedji Xaviere  March 18, 2024
    Write-minded

    Lissa Soep on Other People’s Words

    By Write-minded   March 18, 2024
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