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What Silent Film Taught Me About Storytelling

What Silent Film Taught Me About Storytelling

Dominic Smith on the Power of an Obsolete Art Form

By Dominic Smith | June 4, 2019

How Sharing Books with My Dad in Prison Made Life Bearable for Both of Us

How Sharing Books with My Dad in Prison Made Life Bearable for Both of Us

Tyler Wetherall on Why All in Prison Should Have the Right to Read

By Tyler Wetherall | June 4, 2019

What It's Like to Teach Writing When Everyone's a Writer

What It's Like to Teach Writing When Everyone's a Writer

Janet Burroway Revisits Her Classic Book for Creative Writing Students

By Janet Burroway | June 3, 2019

On the Parenting Insights of the Non-Parent

On the Parenting Insights of the Non-Parent

Amanda Stern Wrote About Childhood Anxiety So Other Kids Won't Have To

By Amanda Stern | May 30, 2019

Ian Fleming Explains How to Write a Thriller

Ian Fleming Explains How to Write a Thriller

"You have to get the reader to turn over the page."

By Emily Temple | May 28, 2019

Kim Adrian on Listening to What Our Nonfiction Is Trying to Tell Us

Kim Adrian on Listening to What Our Nonfiction Is Trying to Tell Us

The Endless Difficulty of Marrying Form and Content

By Kim Adrian | May 24, 2019

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Struggling to Mine Family History for My Novel

By Roxana Robinson | May 24, 2019

20 Ways to Be a Great Literary Citizen, According to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

By Adam Ehrlich Sachs | May 23, 2019

Brandon Taylor: When to Protect Your Characters, and When to Punish Them

By Brandon Taylor | May 22, 2019

"Make Them Care About What You Think" and Other Writing Advice from Nora Ephron

Oh, who gives a damn."">"I mean we’ve all read pieces where we thought, Oh, who gives a damn."

By Emily Temple | May 21, 2019

The Biggest Influence on My Novel Is... McDonald's?

The Biggest Influence on My Novel Is... McDonald's?

Ryan Chapman Worries It Is a Bad Idea to Compare
Your Writing to a Big Mac

By Ryan Chapman | May 21, 2019

13 Common Mistakes in Book Reviewing and <br>How to Avoid Them

13 Common Mistakes in Book Reviewing and
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Jay A. Fernandez is Looking to Write Some Wrongs

By Jay A. Fernandez | May 21, 2019

Ebony Thomas on Seeking the Fantastic When the World Tells You Not To

Ebony Thomas on Seeking the Fantastic When the World Tells You Not To

Writing Towards Magic as a Person of Color

By Ebony Elizabeth Thomas | May 21, 2019

Quiz: Is this my first book tour or my own funeral?

Quiz: Is this my first book tour or my own funeral?

By Kimberly Harrington | May 17, 2019

Some Writing Advice: Don't Take Others' Advice

Some Writing Advice: Don't Take Others' Advice

Guy Gavriel Kay on Doing Whatever It Takes

By Guy Gavriel Kay | May 15, 2019

When to Write It, When to Walk Away: On the Problem of Too Much Metaphor

When to Write It, When to Walk Away: On the Problem of Too Much Metaphor

Jessica Francis Kane Makes Rags From Riches

By Jessica Francis Kane | May 14, 2019

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