The Craft of Writing

Minrose Gwin on Creating Complex Villains

“When it comes to creating villains, I must confess to writing with more fury than love.”

 
By Minrose Gwin  August 23, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Jessica Anthony on Getting a Grip on Fictional Time

By Jessica Anthony  August 16, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Flynn Berry on an Underrated Tool for Character Development: Grocery Shopping

By Flynn Berry  August 9, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Bret Anthony Johnson on Creating a Story’s Foundation

By Bret Anthony Johnson  August 2, 2024
The Craft of Writing

From Senegal to the Virgin Islands: The Weirdness of Having Fun While Writing About Historical Trauma

By Mai Sennaar  July 30, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Phil Christman on the Poetics of Place

By Phil Christman  July 26, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Anna DeForest on Writing Without Artifice

By Anna DeForest  July 19, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Ayeşgül Savaş on Creating Your Story’s Clock

By Aysegül Savas  July 12, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Mateo Askaripour on the Perks of Genre Agnosticism

By Mateo Askaripour  July 8, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Julia Phillips on the Writing Lessons of Fairy Tales

By Julia Phillips  June 28, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Bobby Finger on Finding the Soundtrack to Your Writing

By Bobby Finger  June 21, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Six Writers on How They Tackle Writer’s Block

By Literary Hub  June 7, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Liana Finck on the Beauty of Problems

By Liana Finck  May 31, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Ursula K. Le Guin on How to Become a Writer

By Ursula K. Le Guin  May 24, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Anna Noyes on Writing the Book That Keeps Her Awake

By Anna Noyes  May 17, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Saying the Unsayable, and Listening to Silence: Jon Fosse on How Writing Plays Transformed His Craft

By Jon Fosse  May 13, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Karen Tei Yamashita on Seeking Stories in the Soil

By Karen Tei Yamashita  May 10, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Nell Irvin Painter on Writing About Anything (and Everything)

By Nell Irvin Painter  April 26, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Julia Alvarez on Falling in Love with Writing Again

By Julia Alvarez  April 19, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Myriam J.A. Chancy on Writing as an Act of Conjuring

By Myriam J.A. Chancy  April 5, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Rita Bullwinkel on Writing Sports Narratives

By Rita Bullwinkel  March 29, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Lisa Ko: How Writing a Novel is Like Wandering a Flea Market

By Lisa Ko  March 22, 2024
The Craft of Writing

“I Won’t Kill It. I’ll Just Surprise It.” Corey Sobel on the Impact of Writing Physical Action

By Corey Sobel  March 15, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Wrangling the Uncertain: On Inviting Surprise Into Your Writing

By Barrie Jean Borich  March 13, 2024
The Craft of Writing

Jennifer Croft on Photography as an Unexpected Writing Tool

By Jennifer Croft  March 8, 2024
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