The Craft of Writing

Roy Peter Clark on How to Write Cinematically

“It is the way we see.”

 
By Roy Peter Clark  September 24, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Margaret Renkl on Finding Ideas Everywhere

By Margaret Renkl  September 17, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Jai Chakrabarti on How to Get Unstuck While Writing

By Jai Chakrabarti  September 10, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Jeff VanderMeer on Keeping Creative Play Alive

By Jeff VanderMeer  September 3, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Bonnie Friedman on the Pleasure of Diving into Details

By Bonnie Friedman  August 27, 2021
The Craft of Writing

What Makes a Great First Sentence?

By Alice McDermott  August 18, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on Understanding Voice in Fiction

By Maurice Carlos Ruffin  August 13, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Larissa Pham on Allowing Memory to Shape a Memoir

By Larissa Pham  August 6, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Laura van den Berg on the Possibilities of Setting

By Laura van den Berg  July 30, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Zadie Smith on Reading While You Write

By Zadie Smith  July 23, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Matt Bell on the Importance of Joy in Nature Stories

By Matt Bell  July 16, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Anne Lamott on Writing Compelling Dialogue

By Anne Lamott  July 9, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Matthew Salesses on Writing Plot and Cultural Context

By Matthew Salesses  June 25, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Marie-Helene Bertino on Using Humor to Connect with Readers

By Marie-Helene Bertino  June 18, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Walter Mosley on Learning to Love Rewriting

By Walter Mosley  June 11, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Kristen Arnett on Discovering the Shape of a Book

By Kristen Arnett  June 4, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Eric Nguyen on How to Capture a Place in Writing

By Eric Nguyen  May 28, 2021
The Craft of Writing

John McPhee on Wrestling with a First Draft

By John McPhee  May 21, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Olivia Laing on Writing the Global Story of Liberation

By Olivia Laing  May 14, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Elissa Washuta on the Questions that Animate an Essay

By Elissa Washuta  May 7, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Jhumpa Lahiri on the Joy of Translation as Discovery

By Jhumpa Lahiri  May 1, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Elizabeth McCracken on Savoring the Mystery of Writing

By Elizabeth McCracken  April 30, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Danielle Evans on How to Play With Time and Chronology in a Short Story

By Danielle Evans  January 14, 2021
Personal Essay

Lily King on Writing the Novel She Needed 30 Years Ago

By Lily King  November 13, 2020
The Craft of Writing

Emily X.R. Pan on How Writing a Short Story Can Lead to a Better Novel

By Emily X.R. Pan  October 14, 2020
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