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In Defense of Sophie Turner, It’s Nearly Impossible to Be a “Good Mother”

The expectation of erasing oneself and sacrificing everything for your children is crushing

Sep 28 - Alicia Andrzejewski

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On the Accidental Art of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater

The video game subcommunity gave Jeremy Klemin working language to better understand literary craft

Sep 22 - Jeremy Klemin

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Fiction Is a Hallucination, Packaged for Public Consumption

Delusional thinking helped Genevieve Plunkett write her debut novel "In the Lobby of the Dream Hotel"

Aug 23 - Genevieve Plunkett

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I Stole My Neighbors’ Tragedy To Write a Short Story

The stakes are higher when we mine someone else’s grief for art

Aug 16 - Rebecca Meacham

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Woman holding a bouquet of yellow roses and one red rose

You Don’t Need to Suffer to Make Art—But It Can Help

Sarah Rose Etter has some answers to the world's most annoying party question: "How did you write your novel?"

Jul 27 - Sarah Rose Etter

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Warning: Family History May Cause Writer’s Block

How to risk failure and do ambitious shit when your ancestors are watching

Jul 11 - Kristin Wong

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We Need to Tell a Different Kind of Love Story

Friendship stories don't map cleanly onto the Hero's Journey—but why are we still mapping men's stories?

Jul 6 - Patricia Fancher

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I Wanted To Write and Teach Literature Like My Mother Did

I struggled to find my authentic voice in my adopted literary language

Jun 21 - Yao Xiao

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Poets Can’t Write Novels, and Other Baseless Fears

If your book doesn't fit into the genre box, create something new and beautifully monstrous

Jun 13 - Caroline Hagood

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I Became a Writer When I Needed a Fresh Start

The horror that I will humiliate myself continues to haunt and overwhelm me

Jun 9 - Rajat Singh

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Science and Fiction Are Experiments That Ask the Same Question

Ramona Ausubel, author of "The Last Animal," on the limitless value of asking: What If?

Apr 18 - Ramona Ausubel

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The Craft in Writing Characters with Messy Psychology

Thoughts on the value of embracing irresolution and inconsistency on the page

Mar 16 - Suzanne Berne

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In Defense of Sophie Turner, It’s Nearly Impossible to Be a “Good Mother”

On the Accidental Art of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater

Fiction Is a Hallucination, Packaged for Public Consumption

I Stole My Neighbors’ Tragedy To Write a Short Story

You Don’t Need to Suffer to Make Art—But It Can Help

Warning: Family History May Cause Writer’s Block

We Need to Tell a Different Kind of Love Story

I Wanted To Write and Teach Literature Like My Mother Did

Poets Can’t Write Novels, and Other Baseless Fears

I Became a Writer When I Needed a Fresh Start

Science and Fiction Are Experiments That Ask the Same Question

The Craft in Writing Characters with Messy Psychology

In Defense of Sophie Turner, It’s Nearly Impossible to Be a “Good Mother”

On the Accidental Art of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater

Fiction Is a Hallucination, Packaged for Public Consumption

I Stole My Neighbors’ Tragedy To Write a Short Story

You Don’t Need to Suffer to Make Art—But It Can Help

Warning: Family History May Cause Writer’s Block

We Need to Tell a Different Kind of Love Story

I Wanted To Write and Teach Literature Like My Mother Did

Poets Can’t Write Novels, and Other Baseless Fears

I Became a Writer When I Needed a Fresh Start

Science and Fiction Are Experiments That Ask the Same Question

The Craft in Writing Characters with Messy Psychology

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