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Jennifer Croft on Photography as an Unexpected Writing Tool

Jennifer Croft on Photography as an Unexpected Writing Tool

“It allows me to reframe the central questions of my work.”

By Jennifer Croft | March 8, 2024

34 Transformative Prompts to Unlock Your Writing, Courtesy of Kelly Link

34 Transformative Prompts to Unlock Your Writing, Courtesy of Kelly Link

“The times when I’m happiest while writing are those times when I’ve invented a problem or a complication that needs solving.”

By Kelly Link | February 16, 2024

Rick Bass on What Hunting Taught Hemingway About Writing

Rick Bass on What Hunting Taught Hemingway About Writing

”Death, and learning how to end a story: again, the woods made him into a writer.”

By Rick Bass | February 2, 2024

An Ode to Acknowledgements

An Ode to Acknowledgements

Sarah Wheeler on the Joy of Learning About the Village Behind a Book

By Sarah Wheeler | January 12, 2024

Priya Guns on Writing in Times of Crisis

Priya Guns on Writing in Times of Crisis

“No, it’s never just right when our work is commodified. People speak for themselves.”

By Priya Guns | January 12, 2024

Conversations with the Long-Dead: My Literary Friendship with Margaret Cavendish

Conversations with the Long-Dead: My Literary Friendship with Margaret Cavendish

Francesca Peacock on the More Fanciful Aspects of Writing a Biography

By Francesca Peacock | January 3, 2024

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Blake Butler on (Not) Finding Your Voice

By Blake Butler | December 22, 2023

Martín Solares on Creating Novelesque Excitement

By Martín Solares | December 15, 2023

Richard Hugo on Starting a Poem

By Richard Hugo | December 8, 2023

Finding Hope, Meaning, and Purpose in a Jenny Zhang Story

Finding Hope, Meaning, and Purpose in a Jenny Zhang Story

Channler Twyman on the Fragility of Belonging to Someone Else

By Channler Twyman | December 8, 2023

Rereading My Words in the Midst of Profound Grief

Rereading My Words in the Midst of Profound Grief

Gabriel Bump on His Characters' Personal Tragedy, and His Own

By Gabriel Bump | December 4, 2023

Beth Kephart on the Observational Lens

Beth Kephart on the Observational Lens

“It’s the stance we take toward the things we choose to see.”

By Beth Kephart | December 1, 2023

M.C. Benner Dixon on Creating Persuasive Metaphors

M.C. Benner Dixon on Creating Persuasive Metaphors

“In English, every word, almost, is an efficient little vehicle pointed outward at the wide and literal world.”

By M.C. Benner Dixon | November 17, 2023

The Diving Suit and the Bathtub, or: How a Single Image Sparked a Whole Novel

The Diving Suit and the Bathtub, or: How a Single Image Sparked a Whole Novel

Steve Stern on the Haphazard Affair of Writing a Book

By Steve Stern | September 27, 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

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