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The Shape of a Story: On Losing (and Finding) the Plot of Your Novel

The Shape of a Story: On Losing (and Finding) the Plot of Your Novel

Emma Knight: “As the character in this story, I’ve evolved at least to this extent: it’s no longer plot I’m afraid of.”

By Emma Knight | January 23, 2025

Kill the Pet, Kill the Book’s Rating: The Perils of Writing Dogs in Fiction

Kill the Pet, Kill the Book’s Rating: The Perils of Writing Dogs in Fiction

Clare Pooley on Reviewers’ Tendency to Punish Novels with Dead Canines

By Clare Pooley | June 12, 2024

Write Who You Love: J. Ryan Stradal on Memorializing His Mother Through Fiction

Write Who You Love: J. Ryan Stradal on Memorializing His Mother Through Fiction

"Over time I learned how to stare into that loss, a loss that brought more pain and longing than I’d ever felt, and pull her back through it."

By J. Ryan Stradal | October 16, 2023

If Doctors Make the Worst Patients, Do Editors Make the Worst Authors?

If Doctors Make the Worst Patients, Do Editors Make the Worst Authors?

Jenny Jackson, Editor-Turned-Debut-Author, Fears So

By Jenny Jackson | March 8, 2023

Clare Pooley on Writerly Perseverance and Knowing When To Give Up

Clare Pooley on Writerly Perseverance and Knowing When To Give Up

“You must never give up on writing itself. But sometimes you need to give up on what you’re writing.”

By Clare Pooley | June 27, 2022

On the Impossible Encounter That Allowed Me to Write My Novel

On the Impossible Encounter That Allowed Me to Write My Novel

June Gervais Tells a Story of Happenstance at Starbucks

By June Gervais | June 24, 2022

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