Don’t Write Alone
Stuck in Your Own Head? Try Someone Else’s
Choose a scene you’re working on in your novel and consider what that scene might look like from the perspective of someone else in the room.
How’s the Writing Going, Deesha Philyaw?
“For me, getting better as a writer is learning how to get to the essence of things and boil down all of that exposition and backstory.”
Using Impatience to Help Your Writing
In this exercise, classes instructor Chaya Bhuvaneswar asks you to consider your impatience with not yet being where you want to be in your writing career and helps you use that as momentum.
What Does Writing Mean to the Next Generation?
Seven high-school students reflect on the power of words in our cultural and political moment.
CJ Hauser Is Making Meaning from a Fragmented Life
Ladane Nasseri interviews CJ Hauser about her memoir in essays ‘The Crane Wife,’ the impact of a viral publication, and the braided-essay form.
Charlie Jane Anders Wants You to Know Daydreaming Is Important, Serious Work
In this interview, Ruth Joffre talks with Charlie Jane Anders about her craft book ‘Never Say You Can’t Survive,’ building writing communities, and queer joy.
How Libraries Can Help You Earn Out Your Book Advance
While the systems and processes for how libraries acquire books differ from library to library, writers should know and should care about how public libraries purchase books.
Joseph Han Writes From, and for, Community
In this interview, Joseph Han discusses his debut novel ‘Nuclear Family,’ being in conversation with Korean American literature, and writing from a place of abundance.
Everything in Arm’s Reach
For the vast majority of the last few years, my life has spatially collapsed to one desk in one room in one apartment with one view. Sometimes it feels like too much life for one piece of furniture and a few windows to hold.
The Way Into the Poem Is the Decision to Write the Poem
The fear of writing a “bad” poem keeps me from writing at all. But I can’t write a “good” poem without writing any poem.
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