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Know What You Write (Not Write What You Know)

Know What You Write (Not Write What You Know)

Tim Gautreaux: When Setting is More Important Than Plot

By Tim Gautreaux | February 24, 2017

The Time I Wrote a Sitcom For Disney

The Time I Wrote a Sitcom For Disney

Susan Sherman on the Transition from That's So Raven to Novels

By Susan Sherman | February 24, 2017

Reading Across America: On the Importance of the Venue

Reading Across America: On the Importance of the Venue

Stephen Langlois on How the Location Shaped His Reading Series, BREW

By Stephen Langlois | February 23, 2017

8 Highly Unusual Writing Residencies

8 Highly Unusual Writing Residencies

All Clearly Better than Being on Display at the Mall of America

By Emily Temple | February 22, 2017

When Writing a Biography Becomes a Race Against Death

When Writing a Biography Becomes a Race Against Death

Ted Geltner on the Morbidity Inherent to Writing About a Life

By Ted Geltner | February 22, 2017

Poetry Needs a Revolution That Goes Beyond Style

Poetry Needs a Revolution That Goes Beyond Style

From the Introduction to Best American Experimental Writing 2016

By Charles Bernstein and Tracie Morris | February 17, 2017

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My Job Writing Custom Erotic Love Letters

By Lorraine Berry | February 14, 2017

On Being a Mother and a Writer in a Time of War

By Lydia Peelle | February 10, 2017

Every Word is an Act of Resistance: Finding My Voice as a Filipino Writer

By Renee Macalino Rutledge | February 10, 2017

The Importance of Play: On Finding Joy in your Writing Practice

The Importance of Play: On Finding Joy in your Writing Practice

How to Approach Your Work with Open Hands, Not Closed Fists

By Susan Bruns Rowe | February 2, 2017

If You Have to Ask, You Probably Shouldn't Be a Writer

If You Have to Ask, You Probably Shouldn't Be a Writer

Robert Louis Stevenson's Letter to a Young Gentleman

By Robert Louis Stevenson | February 1, 2017

Porochista Khakpour: Portrait of the Artist as a Debut Novelist

Porochista Khakpour: Portrait of the Artist as a Debut Novelist

On Debt, Depression, and the Many Ways a Name Can Be Misprounounced

By Porochista Khakpour | January 27, 2017

Dear Rick Moody: How Can I Write Now That I'm Sober?

Dear Rick Moody: How Can I Write Now That I'm Sober?

Rick Moody, Life Coach, on Learning to Trust the Process

By Rick Moody | January 25, 2017

On Taiwan and Refusing to Stay Silent

On Taiwan and Refusing to Stay Silent

"If I cut my tongue free, I may find I like the taste of blood"

By Shawna Yang Ryan | January 24, 2017

My Writer's Idyll is a Busy, Messy, Full Life

My Writer's Idyll is a Busy, Messy, Full Life

Steve Edwards Goes to the Woods to (Not) Find His Voice

By Steve Edwards | January 23, 2017

In the Face of Constant Censorship, Bulgakov Kept Writing

In the Face of Constant Censorship, Bulgakov Kept Writing

On the Tragic Life and Death of the Master and Margarita Author

By Julie Lekstrom Himes | January 23, 2017

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