Don’t Write Alone
After Fifteen Years, I Stopped Panicking, Started Declawing, and Finally Published My Memoir
At last, I took my teachers’ and mentors’ advice, and scrutinized my own behavior more than anyone else’s.
Peter Ho Davies Believes Revision Is a Mindset
In this interview, Ruth Joffre talks with Peter Ho Davies about his craft book ‘The Art of Revision,’ how to interpret feedback, and how to navigate the pressures of publishing.
Taylor Hahn Writes Comedy From a Place of Tension
Crystal Hana Kim interviews Taylor Hahn about her new novel, learning to write in law school, and subverting the jokes about the swinging lifestyle.
Sensory Detail and Setting Exercise
Whether you write fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, this writing exercise from Aatif Rashid will help you write lyrical sentences rich with sensory detail.
The Essay as a Form of Giving Up
One way to consider the essay is as a way to capture, study, and release back into the world a question or story that preoccupies you.
Kali Fajardo-Anstine Believes Memory Is an Act of Resistance
In this interview, the writer Jared Jackson talks to the novelist and professor Kali Fajardo-Anstine about her new book ‘Woman of Light.’
Living as Though the World Were One Long Summer
I aspire to read and to write as much as I can. If I’m lucky, I’ll get to do so in front of a window out of which I can see trees ache and bloom all summer.
Writing for Yourself Versus Writing for an Audience
Was I being selfish and foolish by spending seven years composing the book I wanted to read, without considering why someone other than me might care?
“Our stories go looking for people to write them down”: A Conversation with Cody Caetano
In this interview, novelist Jean Marc Ah-Sen talks with writer and literary agent Cody Caetano about his new memoir ‘Half-Bads in White Regalia.’
How Stand-Up Comedy Helped Me Craft a Public Writer Persona
Writing my first jokes, I’d replaced my anxieties over the public-facing demands of an author career with a greater willingness to show up and be seen.
