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On “Creative Cross-Training.” How Bartending Helped Me Write My Novel

On “Creative Cross-Training.” How Bartending Helped Me Write My Novel

Wesley Straton Outlines the Benefits of Working the Bar Shift

By Wesley Straton | June 28, 2022

What a Letter Captures—and Preserves—in the Age of Social Media

What a Letter Captures—and Preserves—in the Age of Social Media

Nikki Erlick on the Lost, Intimate Art of Letter Writing

By Nikki Erlick | June 28, 2022

Samantha Allen on Writing the Sasquatch Slasher Novel the World Needs Right Now

Samantha Allen on Writing the Sasquatch Slasher Novel the World Needs Right Now

“Bigfoot is on bumper stickers, postcards, and store signs—a presence as ubiquitous as the gray clouds hanging overhead.”

By Samantha Allen | June 28, 2022

Andrew Lipstein on Pseudonyms, Failure, and How to Make a Plot Move

Andrew Lipstein on Pseudonyms, Failure, and How to Make a Plot Move

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | June 28, 2022

Why Elaine Hsieh Chou Wrote Her Novel (from Scratch!) Three Times

Why Elaine Hsieh Chou Wrote Her Novel (from Scratch!) Three Times

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | June 28, 2022

Does Artificial Intelligence Really Have the Potential to Create Transformative Art?

Does Artificial Intelligence Really Have the Potential to Create Transformative Art?

Stephen Marche on the Possible Futures of Machine Creativity

By Stephen Marche | June 27, 2022

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Rebecca Rukeyser on Sleaze, Male Rot, and Writing a Horny Novel

By Tony Tulathimutte | June 27, 2022

How a North Korean Kidnapping Inspired My Novel

By Ravi Mangla | June 27, 2022

How to Write a Memoir About Family Tragedy (That People Want to Read)

By Abi Morgan | June 27, 2022

Clare Pooley on Writerly Perseverance and Knowing When To Give Up

Clare Pooley on Writerly Perseverance and Knowing When To Give Up

“You must never give up on writing itself. But sometimes you need to give up on what you’re writing.”

By Clare Pooley | June 27, 2022

Mark Kyungsoo Bias on How Hip-Hop Influences His Poetry

Mark Kyungsoo Bias on How Hip-Hop Influences His Poetry

This Week from The Common Podcast

By The Common | June 27, 2022

Kathryn Schulz on Making and Finding Meaning in Memoir

Kathryn Schulz on Making and Finding Meaning in Memoir

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Nathanial White: Is Pain an Essential Part of the Human Experience?

Nathanial White: Is Pain an Essential Part of the Human Experience?

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | June 27, 2022

Zakiya Dalila Harris on the Writing Soundtracks that Work

Zakiya Dalila Harris on the Writing Soundtracks that Work

"A dance break never hurt anybody."

By Zakiya Dalila Harris | June 24, 2022

On the Impossible Encounter That Allowed Me to Write My Novel

On the Impossible Encounter That Allowed Me to Write My Novel

June Gervais Tells a Story of Happenstance at Starbucks

By June Gervais | June 24, 2022

Marcy Dermansky on Her Shifting Relationship to Film

Marcy Dermansky on Her Shifting Relationship to Film

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