The Craft of Writing

The Craft of Writing

Abraham Verghese: To Plot or Not to Plot

By Abraham Verghese  May 5, 2023
The Craft of Writing

Jaime Green on Writing with Research

By Jaime Green  April 28, 2023
The Craft of Writing

Joe Milan Jr. on the Connectivity of Failure

By Joe Milan Jr.  April 21, 2023
The Craft of Writing

Rachel Beanland on Managing Time in Fiction

By Rachel Beanland  April 14, 2023
The Craft of Writing

Dani Shapiro on Letting Structure Reveal Itself

By Dani Shapiro  April 7, 2023
The Craft of Writing

Madelaine Lucas on How to Write a Love Story

By Madelaine Lucas  March 24, 2023
The Craft of Writing

Idra Novey on the Conjuring of Haunting Characters

By Idra Novey  March 17, 2023
The Craft of Writing

Xiaolu Guo on Translating
the Self

By Xiaolu Guo  March 10, 2023
The Craft of Writing

Helen Sword on the Physicality of Language

By Helen Sword  February 10, 2023
The Craft of Writing

Quan Barry on the Benefits of Writing Across Genre.

By Quan Barry  February 3, 2023
The Craft of Writing

Peter Turchi on the Power of the Literary Aside

By Peter Turchi  January 27, 2023
The Craft of Writing

Susan Griffin on Following the Sounds of Words

By Susan Griffin  January 20, 2023
The Craft of Writing

Toni Morrison on Breathing Life into Clichés

By Toni Morrison  January 13, 2023
The Craft of Writing

Gerald Stern on the Accidental Beginnings of Poems

By Gerald Stern  January 6, 2023
The Craft of Writing

Jess Walter on the Highsmithian Principles of Suspense

By Jess Walter  December 16, 2022
The Craft of Writing

Sam Lipsyte on the What and the How of Writing

By Sam Lipsyte  December 9, 2022
The Craft of Writing

Anna Hogeland on the Rewards of Procrastination

By Anna Hogeland  December 2, 2022
The Craft of Writing

Celeste Ng on Writing With a Plan

By Literary Hub  November 23, 2022
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