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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
    writing

    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
    writing Animation of person skateboarding

    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
    writing

    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
    writing 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
    writing

    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
    writing

    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
    writing

    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
    writing

    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
    writing

    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
    writing Person walking with blurred motion

    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
    writing

    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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