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Maud Newton: Good Writing is All About Being Interested

Maud Newton: Good Writing is All About Being Interested

On Finding the Freedom to Write However You Want

By Maud Newton | March 29, 2022

Writing Lessons from Author-Seductress Extraordinaire Catherine Tramell

Writing Lessons from Author-Seductress Extraordinaire Catherine Tramell

Basic Instinct Turns 30, Blake Turck Celebrates an Unlikely Inspiration">As Basic Instinct Turns 30, Blake Turck Celebrates an Unlikely Inspiration

By Blake Turck | March 18, 2022

Love Is Blind teach us about writing? Glad you asked...">What can <emLove Is Blind teach us about writing? Glad you asked...">

Love Is Blind teach us about writing? Glad you asked...">What can Love Is Blind teach us about writing? Glad you asked...

By Katie Yee | March 1, 2022

How Should You Name Your Characters?

How Should You Name Your Characters?

Alison Stine on Conveying Setting, Style and Identity through One Important Word

By Alison Stine | October 26, 2021

“Have fun with it”: R.L. Stine’s advice to young writers.

“Have fun with it”: R.L. Stine’s advice to young writers.

By Walker Caplan | June 30, 2021

The cure to pandemic-induced writer’s block? According to this mystery writer, it’s ... a tent.

The cure to pandemic-induced writer’s block? According to this mystery writer, it’s ... a tent.

By Walker Caplan | June 1, 2021

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How to make writing easier, according to one of comedy's greatest minds. (Hint: it involves elves.)

By Walker Caplan | May 3, 2021

Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer has some tips for writing humor.">This former Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer has some tips for writing humor.

By Walker Caplan | March 24, 2021

Your Reader">Chuck Palahniuk on the Importance of Not Boring
Your Reader

By Chuck Palahniuk | January 8, 2020

Why You Should Write About Your Characters at Work

Why You Should Write About Your Characters at Work

Jason Allen Explains How His Worst Jobs Shaped Him as a Writer

By Jason Allen | August 9, 2019

Saunders, McCracken, and More: Advice from Masters of the Short Story

Saunders, McCracken, and More: Advice from Masters of the Short Story

Former Winners of the Story Prize Offer Some Thoughts on Writing

By Literary Hub | March 11, 2019

7 Methods for Writing Your First Draft

7 Methods for Writing Your First Draft

Ross Raisin on How to Get to the End of the Beginning

By Ross Raisin | May 1, 2018

Jeff VanderMeer On Writing For Happiness and What to Read Next

Jeff VanderMeer On Writing For Happiness and What to Read Next

Angela Carter, Angela Carter, Angela Carter

By Emily Temple | March 2, 2017

Literary Hub's 10 Most Read Stories of the Year

Literary Hub's 10 Most Read Stories of the Year

Our Greatest Hits from 2016: Bookstores, Blackness, and Writing Advice

By Literary Hub | December 22, 2016

How to Be a Writer: 10 Tips from Rebecca Solnit

How to Be a Writer: 10 Tips from Rebecca Solnit

Joy, Suffering, Reading, and Lots and Lots of Writing

By Rebecca Solnit | September 13, 2016

How to Write Fully-Formed Characters in Fiction

How to Write Fully-Formed Characters in Fiction

"As with place, we need know only just enough of people."

By Malcolm Mackay | May 25, 2016

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