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Children's Books Taught Me Everything I Need to Know About Backstory

Children's Books Taught Me Everything I Need to Know About Backstory

Ann Patchett on Learning Some Unlikely Lessons

By Ann Patchett | October 1, 2018

When Writing Fiction Hurts the People You Love

When Writing Fiction Hurts the People You Love

Abigail DeWitt on Translating Real-Life Trauma Into Fiction

By Abigail DeWitt | September 28, 2018

Is It Real? 25 Famous Writers on Writer's Block

Is It Real? 25 Famous Writers on Writer's Block

Some People Write, Some People Don't

By Emily Temple | September 26, 2018

William Faulkner Was Really Bad at Being a Postman

William Faulkner Was Really Bad at Being a Postman

Good Thing He Had Other Talents

By Emily Temple | September 25, 2018

10 Successful Writers Who Dropped Out (or Were Kicked Out) of School

10 Successful Writers Who Dropped Out (or Were Kicked Out) of School

In Case You're Already Getting Antsy

By Emily Temple | September 21, 2018

In the Wake of Trump, YA Novels Highlight Immigrant Narratives

In the Wake of Trump, YA Novels Highlight Immigrant Narratives

In Praise of a Sorely Needed Addition to the Genre

By Holly Genovese | September 21, 2018

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This is a Truly Bizarre Way to Write a Novel

By Daniel Torday | September 20, 2018

It's Actually Pretty Weird That We Keep Animals As Pets

By Amy Lilwall | September 20, 2018

How to Tour the Most Bookish Island in the World

By Veronica Esposito | September 18, 2018

Don't Write a Book About Cancer, and Other Advice

Don't Write a Book About Cancer, and Other Advice

Shirley Barrett on Receiving a Cancer Diagnosis After Writing About It

By Shirley Barrett | September 17, 2018

How I Went from Writing Ads About a Stoned Puppet to Writing a Memoir

How I Went from Writing Ads About a Stoned Puppet to Writing a Memoir

"I’d Never Tried to Sustain a Single Narrative for 200 Pages"

By Leah Dieterich | September 14, 2018

The Four Times I Became a Teacher

The Four Times I Became a Teacher

Beth Kephart on the Heartbreak Inherent to Teaching Writing

By Beth Kephart | September 10, 2018

The Debut Novelist's Guide to Battling Imposter Syndrome

The Debut Novelist's Guide to Battling Imposter Syndrome

Sharlene Teo on Fighting That Feeling of Fraudulence

By Sharlene Teo | September 10, 2018

Every Book Tour Should Include a Public School

Every Book Tour Should Include a Public School

On Making High Schools Into True Literary Spaces

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | September 4, 2018

Building a Personality From 100-Year-Old Photographs

Building a Personality From 100-Year-Old Photographs

Nuala O'Connor on the Legend of Belle Bilton

By Nuala O'Connor | August 31, 2018

This Wanting Business: On the Cost and Labor of Writing

This Wanting Business: On the Cost and Labor of Writing

Just How Expensive Can the Writing Life Be?

By Melissa Chadburn | August 28, 2018

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