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On the Many Different Engines That Power a Short Story

On the Many Different Engines That Power a Short Story

It's Not Just Plot or Character That Drives Fiction

By Lincoln Michel | October 24, 2019

General Hospital Inspired My New Novel">How <emGeneral Hospital Inspired My New Novel">

General Hospital Inspired My New Novel">How General Hospital Inspired My New Novel

Why Marcy Dermansky is Not Afraid to Mess With Her Characters

By Marcy Dermansky | July 11, 2019

In Defense of My Family Business: The Soap Opera Storyteller

In Defense of My Family Business: The Soap Opera Storyteller

Nicholas Mancusi on the Importance of Plot and Inventiveness

By Nicholas Mancusi | June 17, 2019

Marlon James and Daniel José Older: Against Genre Snobbery

Marlon James and Daniel José Older: Against Genre Snobbery

Fiction/Non/Fiction">With V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 16, 2019

There is Such a Thing as Talent: Elizabeth Hardwick on Writing

There is Such a Thing as Talent: Elizabeth Hardwick on Writing

The Brilliant Novelist and Essayist Tells it Like it Is

By Emily Temple | July 27, 2018

The Privilege of Plotlessness

The Privilege of Plotlessness

Lynn Steger Strong on Reading About Rich People While the World Burns

By Lynn Steger Strong | December 18, 2017

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How Important is the First Draft to Your Novel?

By Sandra Scofield | December 12, 2017

Writing My Trauma With a Little Help From a Jason Bourne Car Chase

By Winnie M. Li | September 18, 2017

What Trying to Finish a Crime Novel Taught Me About Writing

By Jennifer Kitses | August 4, 2017

We Are All Detectives Now: When Literary Plots Get Mysterious

We Are All Detectives Now: When Literary Plots Get Mysterious

On Recent Novels by Katie Kitamura, Patty Yumi Cottrell, and More

By Tobias Carroll | March 30, 2017

What Being an Editor Taught Me About Writing

What Being an Editor Taught Me About Writing

Anna Pitoniak on the Inside Tricks of the Trade

By Anna Pitoniak | January 17, 2017

Is Trump the Inciting Incident for a True Democratic Hero?

Is Trump the Inciting Incident for a True Democratic Hero?

On Plot, Republican Politics, and the Power of Classical Narrative

By Goldberry Long | November 23, 2016

Mr. Ripley Rises from Genre to Myth">How Patricia Highsmith's <emMr. Ripley Rises from Genre to Myth">

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James Lasdun on the Genius of a Mid-Century Classic

By James Lasdun | October 18, 2016

What Jane Austen Can Teach Us About Building Suspense

What Jane Austen Can Teach Us About Building Suspense

How to Use Dramatic Irony and Plot Secrets

By Rebecca Smith | September 21, 2016

Literary or Genre, It's the Plot That Counts

Literary or Genre, It's the Plot That Counts

Emily Barton on the Importance of Moving a Story Forward

By Emily Barton | June 30, 2016

The Literary Genius of Kendrick Lamar

The Literary Genius of Kendrick Lamar

Mensah Demary on the Album as Novel

By Mensah Demary | May 27, 2016

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