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The Intimacy of Writing in the Second Person, in a Bar

The Intimacy of Writing in the Second Person, in a Bar

"Never the Third Person. . . You Are Far Too Close for That"

By Mairead Small Staid | July 14, 2017

How to Turn Your Debut Novel In 13 Years Late

How to Turn Your Debut Novel In 13 Years Late

Becoming a Cautionary Tale—and Overcoming It

By Gabe Hudson | July 13, 2017

So You've Decided to Write: What I Learned From Editing Jim Harrison

So You've Decided to Write: What I Learned From Editing Jim Harrison

Part Three of Terry McDonell's Summer Series on Becoming a Writer

By Terry McDonell | July 13, 2017

So You've Decided to Write: When to Drown Your Darlings

So You've Decided to Write: When to Drown Your Darlings

Part Two in Terry McDonell's Summer Series on How to Be a Writer

By Terry McDonell | July 12, 2017

How Thoreau (And My Father) Taught Me That Literature is a Public Good

How Thoreau (And My Father) Taught Me That Literature is a Public Good

"This Function is as Vital as Air, as Vital as Water"

By Kristen Case | July 12, 2017

Spider-Man Taught Me How to Live, Comics Taught Me How to Write

Spider-Man Taught Me How to Live, Comics Taught Me How to Write

Nikesh Shukla on the Dual Life of an Immigrant Son in North West London

By Nikesh Shukla | July 12, 2017

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So You've Decided to Write: Advice from a Great and Notorious Editor

By Terry McDonell | July 11, 2017

Why E.B. White Was Wrong About (Some of) the Elements of Style

By A. L. Kennedy | July 11, 2017

How to Be a Writer on Social Media: Advice from Roxane Gay, Alexander Chee, Celeste Ng, and Adam M. Grant

By Literary Hub | July 10, 2017

8 Famous Writers Writing About Not Writing

8 Famous Writers Writing About Not Writing

Turns Out Nobody is Working Right Now

By Emily Temple | July 10, 2017

If Consciousness Isn't A Stream, How Do We Represent It?

If Consciousness Isn't A Stream, How Do We Represent It?

How Literature Reflects our Changing Understanding of Consciousness

By David Letzler | July 10, 2017

I Walked Across Europe To Understand My Character

I Walked Across Europe To Understand My Character

Jason Hewitt Goes the Extra Mile

By Jason Hewitt | July 7, 2017

How A Reader's Feminist Critique Changed My Sci-Fi Novel

How A Reader's Feminist Critique Changed My Sci-Fi Novel

Erin Asked Me To Do Better. I Answered Her With A Better Book.

By Daniel Price | July 6, 2017

I Bought Sam Shepard's Clothes Off the Internet

I Bought Sam Shepard's Clothes Off the Internet

John Winters on What It Takes to Write an Unauthorized Biography

By John Winters | June 30, 2017

Refusing to Let Go of My Characters

Refusing to Let Go of My Characters

On Writing A Second Novel to Stave Off Loss

By Scott Spencer | June 29, 2017

The Pessimist's Guide to Literary Wedding Toasts

The Pessimist's Guide to Literary Wedding Toasts

Seriously, Put Down the Damn Neruda

By Emily Temple | June 28, 2017

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