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Maybe the Secret to Writing is Not Writing?

Maybe the Secret to Writing is Not Writing?

Kate Angus on the Importance of Fallow Periods

By Kate Angus | September 24, 2019

Jim Shepard on Why We Still Need Literary Journals

Jim Shepard on Why We Still Need Literary Journals

Thank God for the Small Magazines

By Jim Shepard | September 19, 2019

Kevin Barry on the Need to Sustain Our Literature

Kevin Barry on the Need to Sustain Our Literature

5 Questions for the Author of Night Boat to Tangier

By Literary Hub | September 17, 2019

The Inspired Vengeance of Mythic Icelandic Women

The Inspired Vengeance of Mythic Icelandic Women

Kassandra Montag on Learning to Write Blunt, Unabashed Characters

By Kassandra Montag | September 13, 2019

Emma Donoghue on <em>Hamilton</em>, Writer's Block, and Giving Up on <em>War and Peace</em>

Emma Donoghue on Hamilton, Writer's Block, and Giving Up on War and Peace

5 Questions for the Author of Room and Akin

By Literary Hub | September 11, 2019

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Jennifer Croft, Angie Cruz, Alan Lightman and More Take the
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By Teddy Wayne | September 10, 2019

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Just Because Walt Whitman Self-Published, Doesn't Mean You Should, Too

By Nick Ripatrazone | September 9, 2019

What Not to Expect From a Grad School Workshop

By Lynn Steger Strong | September 6, 2019

On Being Mistaken for the Other Elizabeth Ames

By Elizabeth Ames | September 5, 2019

Walter Mosley on Discovering Who Your Book's Characters Really Are

Walter Mosley on Discovering Who Your Book's Characters Really Are

"The creation of a novel is akin to a mad scramble up a mountainside."

By Walter Mosley | September 5, 2019

Good Sentences Are Why <br>We Read

Good Sentences Are Why
We Read

Joe Moran (and Other Writers) on the Basic Building Blocks of Writing

By Joe Moran | August 30, 2019

Designing Your Grandfather's Book (When He's James Thurber)

Designing Your Grandfather's Book (When He's James Thurber)

Sara T. Sauers on Honoring the Family Aesthetic

By Sara T. Sauers | August 30, 2019

Where the Amateur Reader Ends, and the Professional Critic Begins

Where the Amateur Reader Ends, and the Professional Critic Begins

Tom Lutz on Where the Love of Books Can Lead

By Tom Lutz | August 30, 2019

The Virtues of the Semicolon; or, Rebellious Punctuation

The Virtues of the Semicolon; or, Rebellious Punctuation

It Cares Not for Your Rules

By Cecelia Watson | August 29, 2019

Bob Eckstein Draws His Way Through the Writer's Digest Annual Conference

Bob Eckstein Draws His Way Through the Writer's Digest Annual Conference

Classes! Advice! A Pitch Slam!

By Bob Eckstein | August 29, 2019

On the Politics of Italics

On the Politics of Italics

Jumoke Verissimo Wonders When It's Right to Highlight Difference

By Jumoke Verissimo | August 28, 2019

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