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Hilary Leichter on the Partnership Between Reader and Writer

Hilary Leichter on the Partnership Between Reader and Writer

"When a book arrives somewhere emotionally moving, it’s because the reader has helped put it there."

By Hilary Leichter | October 6, 2023

Isle McElroy on the Art of the Sex Scene

Isle McElroy on the Art of the Sex Scene

"Desire is always silly, and self-serious, and enormous, and and and and and and."

By Isle McElroy | September 29, 2023

Beth Nguyen on Taylor Swift, Edith Wharton, and Creating a Double Perspective

Beth Nguyen on Taylor Swift, Edith Wharton, and Creating a Double Perspective

"What do we reveal and what do we keep to ourselves, and for what reasons?"

By Beth Nguyen | September 22, 2023

Kathleen Rooney on Writing Architecturally

Kathleen Rooney on Writing Architecturally

"In fiction, architecture can reveal that which might otherwise remain unreveal-able."

By Kathleen Rooney | September 15, 2023

Sean Michaels on Collaborating with AI to Write a Novel

Sean Michaels on Collaborating with AI to Write a Novel

"What will we do with its work when it is good? How will we reckon then with what this tool can do?"

By Sean Michaels | September 8, 2023

Alicia Kennedy on Navigating the Thorny Terrain of Food Writing

Alicia Kennedy on Navigating the Thorny Terrain of Food Writing

"We’re entrusting each other not just with words, but with our bodies, our tastes, and our time at the cutting board."

By Alicia Kennedy | September 1, 2023

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Jimin Han on Letting Your Experiences Simmer

Jimin Han on Letting Your Experiences Simmer

"Fragments might turn into something I can’t see as a whole right now."

By Jimin Han | August 4, 2023

Yael Goldstein-Love on Elegantly Weaving Science into Fiction

Yael Goldstein-Love on Elegantly Weaving Science into Fiction

"I'd forgotten the fundamental law of fiction: don’t mess with suspension of disbelief."

By Yael Goldstein-Love | July 28, 2023

Paula Hawkins on Creating a Strong Story Structure

Paula Hawkins on Creating a Strong Story Structure

“Give yourself space for surprises.”

By Paula Hawkins | July 21, 2023

Megan Fernandes on the Literary Uses of a Room

Megan Fernandes on the Literary Uses of a Room

"Rooms are springboards for time and time is for the poets."

By Megan Fernandes | July 14, 2023

Jessie Gaynor on Finding the <em

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“A love of the micro need not preclude attention to the macro.”

By Jessie Gaynor | June 23, 2023

Luis Alberto Urrea on Family Stories and the Work of Witnessing

Luis Alberto Urrea on Family Stories and the Work of Witnessing

“We carry inside us a theater, a library, a storehouse of quotidian detail that becomes heroic and eternal by the force of our art.”

By Luis Alberto Urrea | June 2, 2023

Rita Chang-Eppig on How to Write a Fight Scene

Rita Chang-Eppig on How to Write a Fight Scene

“Reading about a fight may not be as exciting as watching one, but it can be so much more satisfying.”

By Rita Chang-Eppig | May 19, 2023

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