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7 Methods for Writing Your First Draft

7 Methods for Writing Your First Draft

Ross Raisin on How to Get to the End of the Beginning

By Ross Raisin | May 1, 2018

The Last Days of James Baldwin's House in the South of France

The Last Days of James Baldwin's House in the South of France

Where Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder and More Once Met

By Magdalena J. Zaborowska | April 27, 2018

When, Exactly, Do Children Start Thinking They Hate Poetry?

When, Exactly, Do Children Start Thinking They Hate Poetry?

Chris Harris on Teaching Kids How to Write Verse

By Chris Harris | April 26, 2018

What If Readers Are Learning the Wrong Lessons From My Writing?

What If Readers Are Learning the Wrong Lessons From My Writing?

Nafissa Thompson-Spires on Race, Empathy, and the Ethics of Satire

By Nafissa Thompson-Spires | April 25, 2018

When the Wildfires of Your Novel Come to Life Around You

When the Wildfires of Your Novel Come to Life Around You

Julia Dixon Evans on the California Wildfire that Destroyed 282,000 Acres

By Julia Dixon Evans | April 25, 2018

Years After Barry Hannah's Death, He Haunts Us Still

Years After Barry Hannah's Death, He Haunts Us Still

Michael Bible on the Southern "Writer's Writer"

By Michael Bible | April 23, 2018

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Sometimes the Best Way to Read is to Mark Up the Book

By Nick Ripatrazone | April 23, 2018

Olivia Laing Sets Her Sights on Fiction

By Beth Kephart | April 19, 2018

The Bottomless Generosity of the Writer's Memoir

By Larissa Pham | April 18, 2018

John Keene: Elements of Literary Style

John Keene: Elements of Literary Style

Form vs. Content, the Eternal Conversation

By John Keene | April 17, 2018

"Intuition is Essential." Writing Advice from Gabriel García Márquez

Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. Both are very hard work.

By Emily Temple | April 17, 2018

Andrew Sean Greer: All the Novels I Almost Wrote

Andrew Sean Greer: All the Novels I Almost Wrote

The New Pulitzer Prize-Winner on the (Many) Times He Tried for a Guggenheim

By Andrew Sean Greer | April 16, 2018

After Dozens of Rejections, It Only Takes One Acceptance to Make a Writer

After Dozens of Rejections, It Only Takes One Acceptance to Make a Writer

Thomas Swick on the Long Path to Publication

By thomasswick | April 16, 2018

At One of the World's Biggest Writers' Conferences for the First Time at 65

At One of the World's Biggest Writers' Conferences for the First Time at 65

Barbara Berman Wonders if AWP is For the Young or the Young At Heart

By Barbara Berman | April 16, 2018

5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to Tampa

5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to Tampa

Welcome to the Lightning Capital of North America

By Arielle Silver | April 13, 2018

Samuel Beckett: Connoisseur of Artistic Failure

Samuel Beckett: Connoisseur of Artistic Failure

How Do You in Fact Fail Better?

By Michael Coffey | April 13, 2018

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