Don’t Write Alone
| Shop Talk
The Beautiful Ego Death of Having My Book Fact-Checked
Every nonfiction book should go through this vetting, and every author should have this experience.
Don’t Write Alone
| Writing Life
Like Being a Good-Enough Mother, Being a Good-Enough Writer Is Enough
I love and care for my child unconditionally. Maybe I can do that for my writing too.
Don’t Write Alone
| Notes on Craft
Teaching Freshman Comp Was the Best Writing Education I Ever Got
As part of our Education Week series, Jaime Green describes how teaching the fundamentals in undergrad writing comp made her a better writer.
Don’t Write Alone
| Notes on Craft
What If We Taught Writing the Way We Teach Acting?
Actors studied movement, script analysis, emotional connection, our bodies, our voices. In my writing MFA, we got . . . workshop.
On Writing
| Notes From Class
Reading for an Audience
“The closest my chosen literary life comes to the stage.”