Don’t Write Alone
“I’m less interested in being a good writer than I am in being an honest writer”: A Conversation with Zeba Blay
“I think that knowing your voice is one thing, but standing by it is such an important part of being a writer.”
Creating Scenes for Discovery
Storytelling is like the TARDIS in ‘Doctor Who’—the narrower and more specific we get on the outside, the bigger it gets on the inside.
Dreaming of Writing While Waiting Tables
I recently realized that my dream of being a writer, which escorted me into the restaurant industry, will eventually escort me out.
Writing at Home With My Parents, Who I’m Definitely Not Fictionalizing in My Novel
It doesn’t really matter at all where I write—as long as, at some point, I have the option and availability to transition to my bed.
How’s the Writing Going, Jen Doll?
“I think I’m trying to reconcile the need to write and have a deadline with the need to be a human? And right now, the human is winning.”
How Do You Find a Writers’ Group? Try Making Your Own
A roundtable discussion between five writers in a writers’ groups about building—and maintaining—writers’ groups.
What If I Never Publish Another Book?
Book publishing is one hell of a marathon. As soon as one race ends, another begins.
Tell More Lies
Poems and stories are only two sorts of lies, but they’re the ones Steven Duong tells most often. Try out his writing exercise to generate new work.
Writing Haibun and Parenting Like a Poet
My daughter is both woman and girl, loving me and needing to find space from me, and I am teacher and student, confident and terrified.
Lessons from the Paintbrush to the Pen
I discovered that storytelling is also just as much science as art.
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