Don’t Write Alone
The Impossible Ideals of the “Writer’s Life”
This was the pact I made with my now and future self: to become the most successful writer that it was possible to be.
Books Are Stronger When Written in Community
We write alone, but stories are meant to be shared.
Make it Sharper, Make it Stranger
Simon Han shares an exercise to help make your sentences stronger and more surprising during the revision process.
A Cow with a Hole in It
The thing that’s so difficult about personal essays is that they’re awfully personal. There’s an answer to this conundrum, and it has to do with cows.
As a Journalist, I Thought I Wasn’t Precious About My Work—Then Someone Tore Apart My Novel
I could see that my editor’s notes were going to make the book better, but I had to get over myself and implement them first.
As a Journalist, I Thought I Wasn’t Precious About My Work—Then Someone Tore Apart My Novel
I could see that my editor’s notes were going to make the book better, but I had to get over myself and implement them first.
Writing the Senses: Sound
In this five-part column, Hannah Howard explores the senses from a craft perspective
Is Your Idea Better Suited to a Novel or a Short Story?
You’ll start to note the difference between your longer- and shorter-form ideas—but if you’re not sure, there are some questions you can ask.
On Beckett and Writing with a Brain Disease
When you’re sick, it’s tempting to yearn for how you once wrote. But thanks to Jess Thom, a British actor who performs in Beckett’s short play ‘Not I,’ I have begun allowing who I am today into my writing.
“The delight in fiction is not knowing what’s going to happen next”: A Conversation with Te-Ping Chen
“Fiction became a way to capture more of what I was seeing around me.”
