Don’t Write Alone
Creation by Negation
Thwart your own impulses toward one genre or another with this generative writing exercise from Ben Purkert.
Slow Readers, Let’s Leave Shame Behind
I, a slow reader, will never get to all the words I long to read, but I will relish the ones before me.
What Does It Mean to Be a Queer Writing Mentor?
For our Education Week series, Atom Evie Atkinson interrogates her teaching experiences and how she learned to write past queer melancholy in the classroom.
Speculative Artist’s Statement for Queer Writers
Try out Atom Evie Atkinson’s speculative artist’s statement, developed to help her students pivot from past educations to a utopian future of their own design.
I May Not Look Like a “Respectable” Teacher, But I’m a Good One
As part of our Education Week series, Edgar Gomez reflects on how presenting himself authentically as a teacher cultivates a more open and honest learning environment.
After I Left Teaching, the Best Writing Lesson Came from My Students
As part of our Education Week series, Purnima Mani reflects on her career as a teacher—and which lessons stayed with her when she quit to write full-time.
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.
A Conversation with Justin Greene, Editor of Where to Submit
‘Don’t Write Alone’ editor Stella Cabot Wilson chats with Justin Greene regarding ‘Entropy’ magazine’s renowned Where to Submit page.
Why PhDs Need to Study Creative Writing
To reach audiences outside the ivory tower of academia, one must care about the storytelling as much as the sociology.
Writing In Between the Real and Unreal
Sanjena Sathian thinks the most interesting writing material comes from locating mystery in our own lives. Try out this writing exercise to write into that mystery.
