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How to Write a Book in Ten Days

How to Write a Book in Ten Days

Philip K. Dick Award-Winner Meg Elison On Getting It Done

By Meg Elison | April 26, 2019

On the Importance of Getting the Science Right in Your Novel

On the Importance of Getting the Science Right in Your Novel

When the World of Fact Helps Fiction Do Its Job

By Andrea Rothman | April 26, 2019

On Editing Oliver Sacks After<br> He Was Gone

On Editing Oliver Sacks After
He Was Gone

How the Author of 13 Books Never Stopped Loving the Publishing Process

By Bill Hayes | April 23, 2019

The Failures of a Wunderkind: <br>On Rejection and Persistence

The Failures of a Wunderkind:
On Rejection and Persistence

Michael Croley is Just Fine with Publishing a Book at 41

By Michael Croley | April 23, 2019

Ian McEwan on Bach, Philip Roth and Living an Episodic Life

Ian McEwan on Bach, Philip Roth and Living an Episodic Life

"All creative acts demand a fruitful pause at certain points."

By Literary Hub | April 23, 2019

Jane Alison on Raymond Carver<br> and Tobias Wolff

Jane Alison on Raymond Carver
and Tobias Wolff

Two Close Readings: Wavelets

By Jane Alison | April 18, 2019

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Writing Fiction About Fact: Using Historical Figures As Characters

By Steven Rowley | April 18, 2019

Revising My Novel Unearthed
a #MeToo Story

By Rachel Cline | April 18, 2019

Cecelia Ahern on How She Writes
a Novel a Year

By Cecelia Ahern | April 16, 2019

Prepping for MFA Programs as <br>a Person of Color

Prepping for MFA Programs as
a Person of Color

"Will this be a mistake?"

By Hebah Uddin | April 15, 2019

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

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

Brett Paesel on Letting Emotional Logic Do the Work

By Brett Paesel | April 12, 2019

When a First-Person Narrator Sneaks Into Your Story

When a First-Person Narrator Sneaks Into Your Story

Jennifer duBois on the Emergent 'I'

By Jennifer duBois | April 11, 2019

When a Reader Figures Out What Your Book is <em>Actually</em> About

When a Reader Figures Out What Your Book is Actually About

Marcia Butler on Coming to Terms with Her Lifelong Dream Coming True

By Marcia Butler | April 10, 2019

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

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

Channel Obama. Perform. Drink if You Must.

By Viet Thanh Nguyen | April 9, 2019

Even My Imaginary Male Muses<br> Don't Measure Up

Even My Imaginary Male Muses
Don't Measure Up

Jen Mediano Can't Help But Be a Little Disappointed

By Jen Mediano | April 9, 2019

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

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

"There is such a thing as overcapitalizing the A in artist."

By Emily Temple | April 5, 2019

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