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Sue Monk Kidd on Finding a Flow State in Writing

Sue Monk Kidd on Finding a Flow State in Writing

“Writing, it turns out, is a difficult joy.”

By Sue Monk Kidd | October 17, 2025

Tawny Lara on Embracing the Sh*tty First Draft

Tawny Lara on Embracing the Sh*tty First Draft

Write Like an Idiot!

By Tawny Lara | October 10, 2025

A Cross-Genre Trek: How Translation Improved My Debut Novel

A Cross-Genre Trek: How Translation Improved My Debut Novel

Laura Venita Green Explores How Learning Italian Has Made Her English Writing Better

By Laura Venita Green | October 8, 2025

Sarah Mesle on the Power of Picturing Your Desired Reader

Sarah Mesle on the Power of Picturing Your Desired Reader

“Who is your girl? Where is she going?”

By Sarah Mesle | October 3, 2025

Karen Palmer on Writing in Motion

Karen Palmer on Writing in Motion

“A car is a contained world with ever-shifting vistas.”

By Karen Palmer | September 19, 2025

Connecting the Dots: On Creating Fiction from Facts

Connecting the Dots: On Creating Fiction from Facts

Beth Kephart Considers the Craft of Bringing a Fiction Writer’s Eye to Real Lives

By Beth Kephart | September 10, 2025

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Patrick Ryan on the Secrets of the Omniscient Narrator

By Patrick Ryan | September 5, 2025

Nancy Reddy on Finding the Plot in Your Own Life

By Nancy Reddy | August 15, 2025

Jessica Gross on Writing a New York Novel as an Ex-New Yorker

By Jessica Gross | August 8, 2025

Katie Yee on the Writing Lessons of a Great Prank

Katie Yee on the Writing Lessons of a Great Prank

“Both pranking and writing are exercises in careful observation.”

By Katie Yee | July 25, 2025

Chloe Michelle Howarth on How to End a Piece of Writing

Chloe Michelle Howarth on How to End a Piece of Writing

“After the last page, it’s as much their story as it is mine.”

By Chloe Michelle Howarth | July 18, 2025

Writing Advice and Literary Wisdom from the Great E.B. White

Writing Advice and Literary Wisdom from the Great E.B. White

“I think writing is mainly work.”

By Sam Weller | July 11, 2025

Libby Buck on Writing Like an Art Historian

Libby Buck on Writing Like an Art Historian

“I follow the object, asking it to speak to me.”

By Libby Buck | July 1, 2025

The Agonies and Ecstasies of a Slow Book Project

The Agonies and Ecstasies of a Slow Book Project

Stephanie Elizondo Griest on Life as an Art Monk

By Stephanie Elizondo Griest | June 30, 2025

Leila Mottley Wonders If You Can Truly Write a Place You’ve Never Been

Leila Mottley Wonders If You Can Truly Write a Place You’ve Never Been

Creating an Authentic World Without Living in It

By Leila Mottley | June 27, 2025

Lucas Schaefer on Troubleshooting a Problem Character

Lucas Schaefer on Troubleshooting a Problem Character

“A lackluster character was on the prowl, and he’d become the King Midas of meh.”

By Lucas Schaefer | June 13, 2025

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