Smaller presses, with an eye toward excellence and craft, may hold the key to publication. But you’ll need patience and persistence to unlock the doors, say these successful editors and publishers.
Figurative language in fiction results in deeper meanings and poetic beauty, and puts your words to work.
How modern writers seamlessly blend fantasy with reality.
We took a trip down memoir-y lane and asked: What makes a memoir truly great? What’s the best way to sell one? And – gulp – is this megapopular market finally oversaturated? Memoirists, agents, and publishers speak out.
The blessings and perils of writing autobiographical fiction.
Aspiring memoirists should take note from the New York Times best-selling author.
Is “playing god” the right POV for your story?
Flash fiction has never been hotter. Here’s our guide for how to write it – and where to sell it.
Novelist Christine Sneed shares advice for making every page a work of poetry.
This best-selling author is a master of blending the real and the fantastic.
Writers and editors weigh in.
In fiction and nonfiction alike, this Pulitzer Prize winner aims to shed fresh light on war, race, culture, and, ultimately, our humanity.
Five writers share processes for developing frameworks that allow stories to stand on their own.
Should you take a chance with the most challenging POV?
Research is just as essential in contemporary novels as it is in historical ones.
For Tim O’Brien, the Vietnam War has remained a crucible in his fiction, but the power of imagination and memory, and ‘our elusive interior worlds,’ loom large too.
“Allow yourself to write badly in the beginning. That’s good tried and true advice. And then let it evolve as you rewrite.”
How do you want to approach the comedy in your fiction?
Although she has lived in New York City for most of her life, Elizabeth Strout looks to her home state of Maine for stories. Turns out, you can get there from here.
“Each narrative you tell has to discover itself completely anew.”
In her debut novel, Vaddey Ratner looks to her personal memories about fleeing the Khmer Rouge and to creative spirit as an artist to honor the lives of the fallen.
The novelist talks about developing character, crafting stories and the passion necessary for both.