Don’t Write Alone
Opening the Gate to the Stranger and Strange Thought
Toni Mirosevich explains the writing process behind one of her Catapult essays and explores one of her craft theories, which she calls “opening the gate”
Where Christina Tucker Writes
It’s the kind of desk I thought I’d have when I figured everything out. It’s a desk I’ve been waiting to earn.
The Mathematics of Writing a Novel
Writing a novel is a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal. A bucket-list item. And like so many other bucket-list items, you have to find a way to make it happen.
How Writing Can Raise the Dead: An Interview with Lilly Dancyger, author of ‘Negative Space’
“Describing what it feels like for somebody to not be there is a very abstract process. Pretty much this whole book has been trying to figure out how to do that.”
Let Translation Guide You Into Writing
Check out this writing and reading exercise from classes instructor Poupeh Missaghi
Where Lucy Tan Writes
I find that stories tend to unlock themselves when looked at indirectly, so I’m always searching for ways to engage my conscious mind and take pressure off the page.
Self-Doubt and Self-Editing
In the second installment of this three-part column, Eva Recinos addresses how self-doubt can lead to self-editing, which can hold us back from writing altogether
The Pain Scale Exercise
Try this writing exercise from Madeleine Watts: Sometimes the restrictions and limitations imposed by a given structure can help you more than complete creative freedom does.
I’m a Nervous Wreck When I Write Prose
I am yet another poet writing a novel. Which is to say, I find myself in hell.
So You Want to Start a Writing Group
For our May Writing Question of the Month, we asked a few writers what advice they’d give to someone who wants to start a writing group for the first time
