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Jun25
"Discipline will take you a long way" : Novelist Ed Park and the Life of a Working Writer
"[I was] thinking about that E.B. White passage you once showed me ... the swooning bit where he says that it's the native New Yorkers who give the city its stability, and the commuters who give it a daily tidal...
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Jun24
How To Write Books-Inside-of-Books: Peeking Inside Ed Park's Literary Tool-Kit
"Yes, I Drank the Kool-Aid--and I Went Back for Seconds""Three Easy Rules for Impressing the Powers That Be (and Maybe Becoming One Yourself, A Simpleton's Guide)" "The Pegasus Plan: How to Get the Job You Want, the Respect You Deserve,... Continue Reading
Jun23
Ed Park and the Fine Art of Blow-the-Top-Off-Your-Head Writing
"I've been stuck in the elevator, suspended in utter coffin blackness somewhere between the third and fourth floors—listening to the cables quiver, and every so often hearing the distant shouts of emergency workers saying, Hang in there buddy! or what... Continue Reading
Jun20
Rachel Shukert on Learning How To Love Public Readings
“The cold-war era was a very special time to be a child. We were appreciated. World leaders hell-bent on universal destruction might be accumulating nuclear armaments like the lucky winners of a Nickelodeon-sponsored Toys 'R Us shopping spree, but even... Continue Reading
Jun19
Funny Influences: Rachel Shukert's Reading List
“The American voice of the sixties I most identified with turned out to be less Ken Kesey and more Philip Roth. I didn't want to take peyote and have visions in the desert; I wanted to marry a nice psychoanalyst... Continue Reading
Jun18
How To Write Funny: Author Rachel Shukert Enlightens Us
"Ah yes, the noise-canceling headphones. You could lock Rush Limbaugh, Phyllis Schlafly and Mullah Omar in a room together with a stack of Hustlers and 10 ounces of meth, and they couldn't come up with anything more misogynist. I storm... Continue Reading
 


How To Write About Sex: A Rachel Shukert Primer
Author Donald Ray Pollock Explains How He Left His Dayjob
Finding An Agent: The Donald Ray Pollock Method
Donald Ray Pollock Show You How To Revise Your Work Despite the Bad Influences of the Internet Age
"This wasn’t some romantic life, or James Frey tough guy-type life" : Author Donald Ray Pollock on Character Creation
Author Donald Ray Pollock on the Pros and Cons of the MFA Experience
How Acting Can Help Your Writing: Novelist DeLauné Michel's Secret
How To Find An Agent: Novelist DeLauné Michel Outlines The Long, Long Process
DeLauné Michel Shows Us How To Write Better Dialogue
"If I have written one or two or three fewer novels because I let my sons come in my office to say hello, then I would rather that" : DeLauné Michel Explains How To Write With Children
No Book Is An Island: How Literary Friendships Helped Joie Jager-Hyman
Joie Jager-Hyman's Tips For Finishing Your Book
Joie Jager-Hyman Shows You How To Write About Your Work Without Sounding Boring
How To Find Characters For Your Non-Fiction Book: Joie Jager-Hyman's Story
Joie Jager-Hyman Explains How She Pitched Her Non-Fiction Book
Journalist Kate Torgovnick Explains Why You Should Find A Writing Group
How To Promote Your Book: The Kate Torgovnick Method
Kate Torgovnick and Flying Cheerleaders: How To Write Action Scenes
How To Pitch Your Non-Fiction Book To A Publisher
Kate Torgovnick Shows You How To Pick and Choose Interview Subjects
Journalist Jeff Gordinier Shows You How To Write About Music and Promote Your Book
"Magazine writers seemed to have more fun" : How Jeff Gordinier Built His Magazine Writing Career
The Publishing Spot Library: Memoirist and Novelist Josh Kilmer-Purcell
"When all else fails, check into a cheap motel" : How To Write a Book With A Day Job And A Family
Journalist Jeff Gordinier Teaches You How To Write Funny
Magazine Writer Jeff Gordinier Explains How To Build A Better Interview
"Unplug yurself from that friggin' opium tube and start asking some questions for a change" : Jason Christopher Hartley and the Unwritten Iraq War
Thinking and Writing about the Iraq War: Jason Christopher Hartley Shares HIs Literary Influences
"The idea of reading a military blog makes me angry" : Jason Christopher Hartley on Web Writing
"Think paint-ball meets Disneyland": Jason Christopher Hartley Shows You How a Soldier Feels
Jason Christopher Hartley Explains How To Write About War
Looking Behind The Pages: Janice Erlbaum Explains How To Build A Memoir Scene
How To Negotiate A Book Deal: Janice Erlbaum Shares Her Experience
Janice Erlbaum Shows You How To Become A Memoir Detective
"One of the dirty little secrets of writing professionally" : Janice Erlbaum Talks About Surviving As A Freelance Writer
"Write Like Nobody's Watching" : Janice Erlbaum Explains Why You Should Keep A Journal
"Knee Deep In A Love Affair" : Felicia Sullivan Teaches How To Work With An Editor
Felicia Sullivan Shows You How To Combat Writing Anxieties
How Fellowships Help Writers: Advice from Felicia Sullivan
Should You Get a Creative Writing MFA? : Felicia Sullivan Takes Us To School

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