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How Taylor Swift Saved My Writing

How Taylor Swift Saved My Writing

Ethan Joella on Finding Confidence as a Writer By Listening to Pop Music

By Ethan Joella | June 21, 2023

N.D. Jones on Leveraging Your “Why”

N.D. Jones on Leveraging Your “Why”

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | June 21, 2023

Lorrie Moore: Writing’s Natural Place is As a Passionate Side Hustle

Lorrie Moore: Writing’s Natural Place is As a Passionate Side Hustle

The Author of I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | June 20, 2023

What to Do If Your House is Overflowing with Books

What to Do If Your House is Overflowing with Books

Emily Grosvenor Offers Some Interior Design Tips for the Struggling Bibliophile

By Emily Grosvenor | June 20, 2023

How to Think Like a Costume Designer When Writing Historical Fiction

How to Think Like a Costume Designer When Writing Historical Fiction

Claudia Cravens on What Clothes Tell Us About Character

By Claudia Cravens | June 20, 2023

Writers Don’t Need to Suffer To Make Art

Writers Don’t Need to Suffer To Make Art

Haley Jakobson: “Being a tormented artist is v. cringe.”

By Haley Jakobson | June 20, 2023

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Grace E. Lavery: You Already Write How You Write, Just Give In.

By Grace Lavery | June 16, 2023

Helen Ellis on Writing About People You Know (in a Nice Way).

By Helen Ellis | June 16, 2023

A Desi Mr. Darcy: Sayantani DasGupta on Diverse Retellings of Regency Tales

By Sayantani DasGupta | June 16, 2023

Mirinae Lee on Learning How to Write About War

Mirinae Lee on Learning How to Write About War

"However painful it is to hear such stories, it is much more difficult for the wounded to share them."

By Mirinae Lee | June 16, 2023

An Interdisciplinary Friendship: Rajesh Parameswaran and Joeun Kim Aatchim in Conversation

An Interdisciplinary Friendship: Rajesh Parameswaran and Joeun Kim Aatchim in Conversation

A Writer and a Painter Discuss the Distractions of Residencies and the Mortality of Memories

By Rajesh Parameswaran and Joeun Kim Aatchim | June 16, 2023

Get a call or a critique from a high-powered agent AND do good in the world.

Get a call or a critique from a high-powered agent AND do good in the world.

By Jonny Diamond | June 15, 2023

How Writing About Climate Change Can Become a Form of Escapism

How Writing About Climate Change Can Become a Form of Escapism

Deborah Willis on the Existential Contradictions of Writing While Our Planet Is Imperiled

By Deborah Willis | June 15, 2023

What 300 Hours of Interviewing Musicians Taught Chris Payne

What 300 Hours of Interviewing Musicians Taught Chris Payne

The Author of Reflects on the Oral History of Emo Music

By Chris Payne | June 15, 2023

After Prince Charming: Why We Need Stories That Center Female Friendships

After Prince Charming: Why We Need Stories That Center Female Friendships

Salma El-Wardany on Fairytales, Enduring Platonic Relationships, and Happy Endings that Don’t Involve Men

By Salma El-Wardany | June 15, 2023

Lights, Camera, White House: Matt Quirk on the Enduring Power of the West Wing in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Film

Lights, Camera, White House: Matt Quirk on the Enduring Power of the West Wing in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Film

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