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Great Advice From 25 Writing Manuals by Famous Authors

Great Advice From 25 Writing Manuals by Famous Authors

Q: What’s the key to suspense? A: I’ll tell you later.

By Emily Temple | January 22, 2018

How to Write a #MeToo Story

How to Write a #MeToo Story

Alison B. Hart's 12 Steps, From Beginning to End

By Alison B. Hart | January 19, 2018

How Alice B. Toklas Found her Voice Through Food

How Alice B. Toklas Found her Voice Through Food

On Writing Her Own Cookbook, After Gertrude Stein

By Justin Spring | January 18, 2018

I Am Different Now from the Person I Wrote in My Memoir

I Am Different Now from the Person I Wrote in My Memoir

Is a Published Memoir the Last Word?

By Molly Caro May | January 18, 2018

Read Susan Sontag's Love Letter to Borges, Written 10 Years After His Death

Read Susan Sontag's Love Letter to Borges, Written 10 Years After His Death

"We are still learning from you. We are still imitating you."

By Emily Temple | January 16, 2018

Who Gets to Write About Gentrification?

Who Gets to Write About Gentrification?

Naima Coster Writes from the Center, Not the Margins

By Naima Coster | January 16, 2018

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Dear Rick Moody: Half My Family Knows the Truth About Me

By Rick Moody | January 12, 2018

Do Audio Books Count As Reading?

By James Tate Hill | January 11, 2018

The Child-Poet Genius of Brooklyn

By Ann Hulbert | January 9, 2018

If It Wasn't For My Corporate Office Job, I Couldn't Be a Novelist

If It Wasn't For My Corporate Office Job, I Couldn't Be a Novelist

Jillian Medoff Would Rather Talk About Sex Than Reveal How Much Her Novels Made

By Jillian Medoff | January 8, 2018

Christopher J. Yates Gave Himself 10 Years to Publish a Novel

Christopher J. Yates Gave Himself 10 Years to Publish a Novel

"The rejections pile grew twenty-tall, thirty-high. . ."

By Christopher J. Yates | January 5, 2018

How Fetishizing 'Craft' Can Get in the Way of a Good Poem

How Fetishizing 'Craft' Can Get in the Way of a Good Poem

Michael Bazzett Worries About the Imagining Animal

By Michael Bazzett | December 19, 2017

Making the Jump from Stage to Page

Making the Jump from Stage to Page

Playwright-Turned-Novelist Kia Corthron on the Varieties of Storytelling

By Kia Corthron | December 15, 2017

20 Questions (And Answers) for the Debut Writer

20 Questions (And Answers) for the Debut Writer

Ask the Publicists, A Regular Advice Column From Broadside PR

By Literary Hub | December 14, 2017

How Important is the First Draft to Your Novel?

How Important is the First Draft to Your Novel?

Some People Revise, Some People Write

By Sandra Scofield | December 12, 2017

William H. Gass's Advice for Writers:

William H. Gass's Advice for Writers: "You Have to be Grimly Determined."

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By Emily Temple | December 7, 2017

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