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Good Memoir Comes From Saying What Can't Be Said

Good Memoir Comes From Saying What Can't Be Said

Dani Shapiro on What We Lose by Using Twitter

By Emily Temple | August 8, 2017

On the Redemptive Generosity of Artistic Communities

On the Redemptive Generosity of Artistic Communities

How to Find a Little Hope in These Dark Times

By Veronica Esposito | August 8, 2017

Do I Have the Right to Inhabit Another's Mental Illness in Fiction?

Do I Have the Right to Inhabit Another's Mental Illness in Fiction?

Sarah Faber on Writing Her Mother's Life

By Sarah Faber | August 7, 2017

Writers, Protect Your Inner Life

Writers, Protect Your Inner Life

A writing life and a writing career are two separate things

By Lan Samantha Chang | August 7, 2017

What Trying to Finish a Crime Novel Taught Me About Writing

What Trying to Finish a Crime Novel Taught Me About Writing

Jennifer Kitses on Some Hard-Won Lessons from Genre

By Jennifer Kitses | August 4, 2017

So You've Decided to Write: How the Hell Do You Get Paid?

So You've Decided to Write: How the Hell Do You Get Paid?

Once Upon a Time, Writers Made Five Dollars a Word

By Terry McDonell | August 2, 2017

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So You've Decided to Write: Is Your Novel Actually Fiction or Non?

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So You’ve Decided to Write: The Best Way to Deal with Rejection

So You’ve Decided to Write: The Best Way to Deal with Rejection

“I long to hold the poetry editor’s penis in my hand.”

By Terry McDonell | July 27, 2017

Just Fill Up the Pit! And Other Writing Advice from Famous Authors

Just Fill Up the Pit! And Other Writing Advice from Famous Authors

Michael Chabon, Lindy West, Jim Shepard and More on How to be a Writer

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So You've Decided to Write: The Writer I Never Had to Edit

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Terry McDonell on the Value of Leaving Well Enough Alone

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5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to Vancouver

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And Healthcare Isn't Even One of Them

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Reading Across America: Storytelling on a Mountain and in Caves

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Bringing Literature to Griffith Park, One of the Most Miraculous Spots in LA

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Why Write a Musical About the Brontës?

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Dramatizing a Family Rife With Intrigue, Illicit Romance, and Fierce Feminism

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The Time Murakami Met Carver (and Other Literary Meet-Cutes)

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