• Craft and Advice

    How to Write

    Jane Alison on Raymond Carver
    and Tobias Wolff

    By Jane Alison  April 18, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    Writing Fiction About Fact: Using Historical Figures As Characters

    By Steven Rowley  April 18, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    Revising My Novel Unearthed
    a #MeToo Story

    By Rachel Cline  April 18, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    Cecelia Ahern on How She Writes
    a Novel a Year

    By Cecelia Ahern  April 16, 2019
    MFA Life

    Prepping for MFA Programs as
    a Person of Color

    By Hebah Uddin  April 15, 2019
    Advice

    How What I’ve Learned as an Actor Can Apply to Storytelling

    By Brett Paesel  April 12, 2019
    Advice

    When a First-Person Narrator Sneaks Into Your Story

    By Jennifer duBois  April 11, 2019
    Debut Novels

    When a Reader Figures Out What Your Book is Actually About

    By Marcia Butler  April 10, 2019
    How to...

    Viet Thanh Nguyen: How Not to Bore Your Audience at a Reading

    By Viet Thanh Nguyen  April 9, 2019
    Essay

    Even My Imaginary Male Muses
    Don’t Measure Up

    By Jen Mediano  April 9, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    The Best Argument is a Good Book: Writing Advice from Saul Bellow

    By Emily Temple  April 5, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    What John Hughes Taught Me About
    the Importance of a Name

    By Sloane Tanen  April 4, 2019
    MFA Life

    Unsilencing the Writing Workshop

    By Beth Nguyen   April 3, 2019
    Freeman's

    Jenni Fagan: “If a Poem Wants Written at 3 am I Get Up.”

    By Jenni Fagan  April 3, 2019
    How to Title Your Book

    Why, Exactly, Do We Have Subtitles on Books?

    By Mary Laura Philpott  April 2, 2019
    Teaching

    Why Don’t More Writers Become
    Public School Teachers?

    By Belle Boggs  April 2, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    How to Cuss Like No One’s Listening

    By Katherine Dunn  April 1, 2019
    Essay

    Working Mothers, Let Go of Your Guilt

    By Polly Rosenwaike  April 1, 2019
    Profile

    An Afternoon at María Gainza’s
    Buenos Aires Home

    By Nathan Scott McNamara  March 31, 2019
    Advice

    5 Reasons a Writer Should
    Move to London

    By Christine Ro  March 29, 2019
    Essay

    Maybe Becoming a Poet Just for the Praise Was Not a Good Move

    By Jessie Gaynor  March 27, 2019
    Advice

    On the Daily Rituals of Joan Didion, Patti Smith, and More

    By Mason Currey  March 27, 2019
    Essay

    In Praise of the ‘How To’ Creativity Workbook

    By Evan James  March 27, 2019
    Profile

    Laila Lalami: “I Think Evil Needs to Be Called Out.”

    By Zahra Hankir  March 26, 2019
    Essay

    How to Write About Burnout in the Gig Economy

    By Maddie Crum  March 26, 2019
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