Anna Clarke Fiddler on Smudgy Drafts, Left-of-Field Similes, and Writing the Terrible First Version
Anna Clarke Fiddler has a diagnostic word for a draft that is not telling the truth yet: smudgy. When a...
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Going Back to the Well: Keeping Noir Alive in the 21st Century By Tom Andes
Patience, Not Passion: Adam Popescu on the Craft (and Grind) of Pitching Nonfiction
Michelle Kicherer on Writing the Novella, Voice, and Killing Your Clichés
Brittany Ackerman on Attention, Obsession, and Claiming Your Narrative Authority
Aida Zilelian on Turning Family Conflict Into Story
Master the Art of List-Making: Ethan Joella's Proven Techniques for Breaking Writer's Block
In a literary landscape often dominated by abstract maxims, such as show, don't tell, find your voice, and kill your...
How to Write Magical Realism: Lessons from a Poets & Writers First Fiction Author
Minda Honey on Writing About Your Father Without Losing Yourself
Michael Klein on Writing the Ecstatic Poem Without Fear or Cliché
Anne Stuart on Opinion, Place, and Writing What Only You Can Say
