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Writing Just Enough Detail, But Not Too Much

Writing Just Enough Detail, But Not Too Much

Daniel Galera on Finding That Perfect Description

By Daniel Galera | August 14, 2017

How Pickles Help Me Survive the Horrible, Wonderful Life of a Writer

How Pickles Help Me Survive the Horrible, Wonderful Life of a Writer

Danya Kukafka on Her One, True Love: A Good Pickle

By Danya Kukafka | August 11, 2017

Charlie Jane Anders on Writing the Future

Charlie Jane Anders on Writing the Future

When the Drone Strikes in Your Story Become the Drone Strikes in the Sky

By Emily Temple | August 10, 2017

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

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Writers, Protect Your Inner Life

By Lan Samantha Chang | August 7, 2017

What Trying to Finish a Crime Novel Taught Me About Writing

By Jennifer Kitses | August 4, 2017

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

By Terry McDonell | August 2, 2017

The Weird Stenographer: Sam Shepard on His Long Writing Life

The Weird Stenographer: Sam Shepard on His Long Writing Life

RIP the Great American Playwright

By Emily Temple | August 1, 2017

Why Short Stories?

Why Short Stories?

Jim Shepard on the White Hot Literary Center of America

By Emily Temple | August 1, 2017

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

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

Truth Can Be Revealed in More Ways Than One

By Terry McDonell | August 1, 2017

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

By Emily Temple | July 26, 2017

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

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

Terry McDonell on the Value of Leaving Well Enough Alone

By Terry McDonell | July 26, 2017

5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to Vancouver

5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to Vancouver

And Healthcare Isn't Even One of Them

By Ludmila Leiva | July 26, 2017

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