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When Writing a Novel, Forget the How and Focus on the What

When Writing a Novel, Forget the How and Focus on the What

Carter Bays on the Transition from Scripts to Books, and Learning to Trust His Own Style

By Carter Bays | June 10, 2022

Tom Perrotta on How to Keep a Story’s Momentum Going

Tom Perrotta on How to Keep a Story’s Momentum Going

And the Beauty of a Clear Time Frame

By Tom Perrotta | June 10, 2022

Writing Toward a Definition of Indigenous Futurism

Writing Toward a Definition of Indigenous Futurism

Chelsea Vowel: “Stories, like all language, have power.”

By Chelsea Vowel | June 10, 2022

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring New Titles by Tom Perrotta, Andrew Holleran, Leila Mottley, Lindsey Fitzharris, and More

By Book Marks | June 10, 2022

What Draws Us to Certain Classic Texts Over Others?

What Draws Us to Certain Classic Texts Over Others?

Five Writers on Yeats, Dickinson, Issa, Woolf, and Herrick

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The Final Journals of Antigone Kefala

Writing From One of Australia's Most Significant Writers

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From Mary Churchill’s Diary: An Intimate Glimpse of World War II

By Mary Churchill | June 10, 2022

Adrienne G. Perry on the Male Gaze and What It Means to Be Desirable

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Catherine Lloyd on Writing Historical Characters with Progressive Views

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A new theater production calls out Nobel laureate Peter Handke for his fascist apologia.

A new theater production calls out Nobel laureate Peter Handke for his fascist apologia.

By Jonny Diamond | June 9, 2022

Sloane Crosley on Writing a Novel For People Who Haven’t Figured It Out Yet

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Who Are the “Real” Writers, Anyway?

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Read Leigh Newman's Speech From the One Story Literary Debutante Ball

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Mira Jacob on <em>Mississippi Masala</em> and Discovering Herself on Screen

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Dan Chaon on When Science Fiction Is No Longer Science Fiction

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“I Do.” ”I Don’t.” 8 Wedding Novels for All the Lovers and the Haters Out There

“I Do.” ”I Don’t.” 8 Wedding Novels for All the Lovers and the Haters Out There

Celia Laskey Reminds Us That Wedding Season Is Here, Ready or Not

By Celia Laskey | June 9, 2022

Ryan O’Connell on the Importance of Facing Rejection in the Sack and Finding His Voice in Hollywood

Ryan O’Connell on the Importance of Facing Rejection in the Sack and Finding His Voice in Hollywood

Greg Marshall Talks to the Star of Netflix's Special, aka the “Gay, Disabled Nancy Meyers”

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