The Writing Life

Moriel Rothman-Zecher on the Magic of Writing at Sunrise

“It is my job, simply, to open my eyes, and place my fingers on the keyboard and then, let go.”

 
By Moriel Rothman-Zecher  November 15, 2022
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“Maybe Broccoli Doesn’t Like You Either” (Lot 151) On the Allure of Joan Didion’s Objects

By Mary Kate Frank  November 15, 2022
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Full Disclosure: Meghan J. Ward on Marriage, Motherhood, and Weighing the Truth in Memoir

By Meghan J. Ward  November 11, 2022
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“Let That Dream Die.“ On Watching Tennis and (Actually) Becoming the Best Writer You Can Be

By Veronica Roth  November 9, 2022
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The Best American Novelist to Disappear (And Come Back) Twice

By Helene Atwan  November 4, 2022
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The Pains and Pleasures of Taking Decades to Write a Book

By Devoney Looser  October 25, 2022
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How Homesteading Helped Me Write

By Michelle Webster-Hein  October 11, 2022
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The Longest Retreat: Ryan Lee Wong on the Intersection of Writing, Meditating, and Community

By Ryan Lee Wong  October 4, 2022
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On Phone Sex, First Writing Jobs, and Unexpected Teachers

By Lynn Melnick  October 3, 2022
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Whose Lives Can We Plunder? Or: How to Base a Character on Yourself

By Jincy Willett  August 23, 2022
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Sidik Fofana on Balancing Shyness with Being in the Public Eye

By Sidik Fofana  August 17, 2022
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A Beautiful, Sacred Thing: Megan Giddings on Going to the Movies To Invoke Anger

By Megan Giddings  August 11, 2022
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“I Did Not Get Anywhere Until I Became a True Literary Citizen.” Courtney Maum on Making a Writing Career

By Mira Ptacin  July 18, 2022
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Lidia Yuknavitch Describes Her Four Perfect Writing Spaces

By Lidia Yuknavitch  June 28, 2022
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On the Impossible Encounter That Allowed Me to Write My Novel

By June Gervais  June 24, 2022
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Sloane Crosley on Writing a Novel For People Who Haven’t Figured It Out Yet

By Kristin Iversen  June 9, 2022
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What Do Writing a Novel and Tending a Garden Have in Common?

By Naheed Phiroze Patel  May 18, 2022
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When Iris Murdoch Met Jean-Paul Sartre

By Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman  May 11, 2022
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Sara Baume on the Uncanny Feeling of Discovering a Book with the Same Title as Her Own

By Sara Baume  April 27, 2022
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How Watching Men’s Figure Skating Helped Me Fall Back in Love with Writing

By Jenny Tinghui Zhang  April 7, 2022
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How To Live, Eat, and Drink Like Your Favorite Writers

By Literary Hub  March 28, 2022
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Crossing Paths with the Spirit of Sylvia Plath

By Helen Humphreys  March 23, 2022
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When People Assume Your Fiction is About Your Life

By Alejandro Varela  March 22, 2022
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Why We Need More Writers Practicing Medicine (and Vice Versa)

By Xi Chen  March 21, 2022
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What Science Journalism Taught Me About Writing Fiction

By Sara Goudarzi  February 14, 2022
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