Writing Advice

Alice McDermott’s Writing Mantra:
“Ah, Fuck Em.”

From Her One Story Literary Debutante Ball Address

 
By Alice McDermott  November 7, 2023
Writing Advice

Acting Out a Life: How to Write Novels About Real People

By Gill Paul  September 7, 2023
Writing Advice

On the Exponential Difficulty of Juggling Many Narrative Voices

By Lauryn Chamberlain  August 11, 2023
Writing Advice

You Have to Embrace the Doubt Before You Can Claim Your Authority as a Writer

By Jennifer Grotz  July 20, 2023
Writing Advice

What I Learned About Writing From Reviewing

By Bethanne Patrick  May 22, 2023
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Silencing the Technology Beast: Priyanka Kumar on Sinking Into Time While Writing

By Priyanka Kumar  December 16, 2022
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How to Write a Novel with Three of Your Friends

By Kevin Alexander, Joe Keohane, and Alessandra Lusardi  November 9, 2022
Writing Advice

Sometimes You Have to Get Lost to Find What You Really Need to Write

By Hal Niedzviecki  June 13, 2022
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When Writing a Novel, Forget the How and Focus on the What

By Carter Bays  June 10, 2022
Writing Advice

David Yoon on How to Cultivate Creative Endurance

By David Yoon  May 31, 2022
Writing Advice

A Brutal—and True—Piece of Writing Advice from Toni Morrison

By A. J. Verdelle  May 12, 2022
Drawing

“I think I might have gone on drawing forever.” Annie Hartnett on Giving the Gift of Art

By Annie Hartnett  April 13, 2022
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Learning, Practice, and Repetition: Why the Act of Writing Is Work

By Jessie Greengrass  January 5, 2022
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If You Want to Write a Novel, Start with a Plan

By Stephanie Gangi  November 24, 2021
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It Begins with Silence: Victoria Chang on Her Writing Process

By Victoria Chang  October 13, 2021
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How to Write a Good Fight Scene

By Jeff Bens  October 7, 2021
Writing Advice

15 Writing (and Life) Lessons from Finishing Two Novels That Didn’t Sell

By Maria Kuznetsova  April 13, 2021
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How Do You Keep a Novel Alive When It Keeps Trying To Die?

By Kate Hope Day  March 5, 2021
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For Writers Graduating from an MFA During a Pandemic: Read Everything

By Paisley Rekdal  February 2, 2021
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In Favor of Speed:
Write Fast, Fix Later

By Mateo Askaripour  January 14, 2021
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Lauren Martin on Realizing Writing Advice Applies
to Life, Too

By Lauren Martin  December 7, 2020
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Every Great Writer is a Great Deceiver: Vladimir Nabokov’s Best Writing Advice

By Emily Temple  July 2, 2020
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Demystifying the Writer’s Fear of Failure

By Sarah LaBrie  October 16, 2019
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Walter Mosley on Discovering Who Your Book’s Characters Really Are

By Walter Mosley  September 5, 2019
Writing Advice

Bob Eckstein Draws His Way Through the Writer’s Digest Annual Conference

By Bob Eckstein  August 29, 2019
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