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How to Write Coincidence the Right Way

How to Write Coincidence the Right Way

From E.M. Forster to Flannery O'Connor, how writers manipulate all of us

By Alice Mattison | August 26, 2016

How a Self-Published Writer of Gay Erotica Beat Sci-Fi's Sad Puppies at their Own Game

How a Self-Published Writer of Gay Erotica Beat Sci-Fi's Sad Puppies at their Own Game

And What it Taught Me About Pushing through Writer's Block

By M. Sophia Newman | August 26, 2016

Why Can't Irish Writers Escape the Sea?

Why Can't Irish Writers Escape the Sea?

Brendan Mac Evilly Goes in Search of a Nice Spot to Swim

By Brendan Mac Evilly | August 26, 2016

Who Am I: Writer or Bookseller?

Who Am I: Writer or Bookseller?

Here’s a book Ben wrote. He works here. If you don’t buy it, he might cry.

By Benjamin Rybeck | August 25, 2016

There is No Secret to Writing About People Who Do Not Look Like You

There is No Secret to Writing About People Who Do Not Look Like You

Brandon Taylor on the Importance of Empathy As Craft

By Brandon Taylor | August 25, 2016

Five Reasons Why Writers Should Move to Columbus

Five Reasons Why Writers Should Move to Columbus

Forget New York and Get Yourself West to Ohio

By Annie McGreevy | August 25, 2016

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How to Write While Traveling

By Andrés Neuman | August 24, 2016

The Grumpy Librarian: Books with Allegorical Animals and A Lot of Sex

By Caitlin Goodman | August 24, 2016

The Dos and Don'ts of Writing About the Disabled

By Nicola Griffith | August 23, 2016

The Dangerous Myth of Authenticity

The Dangerous Myth of Authenticity

C.B. George on "one of the more bizarre delusions of contemporary life"

By C. B. George | August 18, 2016

Why Do Writers Love Birding So Much?

Why Do Writers Love Birding So Much?

An Investigation, Featuring All of Your Favorite Bird Lovers

By Katherine Towler | August 18, 2016

The Pros and Cons of Getting Inside a Villain's Mind

The Pros and Cons of Getting Inside a Villain's Mind

How to Raise the Stakes Without Ruining the Mystery

By Alex Lake | August 12, 2016

To All the Characters I've Killed Off, Who Haunt Me Still

To All the Characters I've Killed Off, Who Haunt Me Still

Stuart Nadler Remembers the Darlings He's Drowned

By Stuart Nadler | August 10, 2016

Eating Carrion at the Icelandic Writers Retreat

Eating Carrion at the Icelandic Writers Retreat

Four Days Writing Under the Midnight Sun

By Anne Giardini | August 10, 2016

Writing Immigrant Characters as a

Writing Immigrant Characters as a "Rookie American"

Lara Vapnyar on Empathy and Assimilation

By Lara Vapnyar | August 9, 2016

Six Rules for Creating an Oral History

Six Rules for Creating an Oral History

The Original Chroniclers of Punk on How They Did It

By Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain | August 5, 2016

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