The Writer
A writer's guide to Boston
A writer's guide to Boston
The Writer's Conference
The Writer's Conference
The Writer's Conference
The Writer's Conference
The Writer's Conference
The Writer's Conference
The Writer's Conference
The Writer's Conference
Gigi Will Know: Help! My books don’t sell
Gigi Will Know: Help! My books don’t sell
How to Find a Literary Agent
How to Find a Literary Agent
How to Find a Literary Agent
How to Find a Literary Agent
How to Find a Literary Agent
How to Find a Literary Agent
28-Day Word Challenge
28-Day Word Challenge
2022 Essay Contest
2022 Essay Contest
How to Find a Literary Agent
How to Find a Literary Agent
Writing Webinar: How To Focus Your Idea For Your Next Writing Project
Writing Webinar: How To Focus Your Idea For Your Next Writing Project
Building characters into bona fide people
Building characters into bona fide people
How to Find a Literary Agent
How to Find a Literary Agent
How to Find a Literary Agent
How to Find a Literary Agent
New year, new writing goals (that you’ll actually keep!)
New year, new writing goals (that you’ll actually keep!)
Literary Spotlight: Drabblecast
Literary Spotlight: Drabblecast
When verse meets prose
When verse meets prose
Your character’s Christmas list
Your character’s Christmas list
9 manuscript mistakes only first-timers make (and how to fix them)
9 manuscript mistakes only first-timers make (and how to fix them)
Is self-publishing right for you?
Is self-publishing right for you?
From the Front Lines: Mirror works, window works
From the Front Lines: Mirror works, window works
Jami Attenberg: How I Write
Jami Attenberg: How I Write
When to use the second-person POV in fiction
When to use the second-person POV in fiction
Gigi Will Know: Help, I don’t know which story to write first!
Gigi Will Know: Help, I don’t know which story to write first!
Literary Spotlight: Storm Cellar
Literary Spotlight: Storm Cellar
Own up
Own up
Food for thought: Our favorite Thanksgiving writing prompts
Food for thought: Our favorite Thanksgiving writing prompts
5 old-school tips for writing short-short fiction
5 old-school tips for writing short-short fiction
How to initiate, organize, and execute a successful writing workshop
How to initiate, organize, and execute a successful writing workshop
2022 Winter Guide to Writing Contests
2022 Winter Guide to Writing Contests
2022 Winter Guide to Writing Contests
2022 Winter Guide to Writing Contests
2022 Winter Guide to Writing Contests
2022 Winter Guide to Writing Contests
2022 Winter Guide to Writing Contests
2022 Winter Guide to Writing Contests
2022 Winter Guide to Writing Contests
2022 Winter Guide to Writing Contests
2022 Winter Guide to Writing Contests
2022 Winter Guide to Writing Contests
2022 Winter Guide to Writing Contests
2022 Winter Guide to Writing Contests
2022 Winter Guide to Writing Contests
2022 Winter Guide to Writing Contests
Why story trumps plot
Why story trumps plot
Suit yourself
Suit yourself
Conference Insider: Let’s Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference
Conference Insider: Let’s Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference
The importance of a cover letter
The importance of a cover letter
Warm-up Wednesday: Take 10
Warm-up Wednesday: Take 10
The Art of Food Writing
The Art of Food Writing
Literary Spotlight: Porridge
Literary Spotlight: Porridge
Remove filters in your fiction
Remove filters in your fiction
Superstition Review Issue 28
Superstition Review Issue 28
Get outta the house: Optimizing shared work space
Get outta the house: Optimizing shared work space
The Art of Food Writing
The Art of Food Writing
Gigi Will Know: My work is always rejected. Should I give up on writing?
Gigi Will Know: My work is always rejected. Should I give up on writing?
Top 10 Halloween writing prompts to get your blood flowing
Top 10 Halloween writing prompts to get your blood flowing
How to build Suspenseful Fiction
How to build Suspenseful Fiction
Superstition Review Blog
Superstition Review Blog
Book reviewing for beginners
Book reviewing for beginners
How to write horror that lingers
How to write horror that lingers
Authors’ top tips for selling a book
Authors’ top tips for selling a book
Postgrad: up next
Postgrad: up next
Set your writing free
Set your writing free
Mary Norris: You’ve got to leave something for someone else to do.
Mary Norris: You’ve got to leave something for someone else to do.
Networking for introverts
Networking for introverts
3 tips for your short stories
3 tips for your short stories
What to do when freelance writing assignments run dry
What to do when freelance writing assignments run dry
Visualization and immersion: How authors make fiction come alive
Visualization and immersion: How authors make fiction come alive
Sensational Saturday: Change of emotion
Sensational Saturday: Change of emotion
Sounds like a plan: Creating a business strategy for your book
Sounds like a plan: Creating a business strategy for your book
Ask the Writer: Cumulative sentences
Ask the Writer: Cumulative sentences
Meryl Moss: Like a rolling stone
Meryl Moss: Like a rolling stone
From the Front Lines: Why doing what you’re good at may be the way to get better at everything
From the Front Lines: Why doing what you’re good at may be the way to get better at everything
Where can I find good beta readers?
Where can I find good beta readers?
Treasure hunter
Treasure hunter
How to create a writing routine (without shortening your life expectancy)
How to create a writing routine (without shortening your life expectancy)
The devil knocking: Why you should never write for essay mills
The devil knocking: Why you should never write for essay mills
Move your career forward in minutes a day with these 10 steps
Move your career forward in minutes a day with these 10 steps
The power of first lines in fiction
The power of first lines in fiction
Ask The Writer: When is it OK to use multiple points of view in a novel?
Ask The Writer: When is it OK to use multiple points of view in a novel?
5 websites for writers to bookmark right now
5 websites for writers to bookmark right now
How to fix your boring characters
How to fix your boring characters
What does the future look like for literary magazines?
What does the future look like for literary magazines?
Jandy Nelson: Painting outside the lines
Jandy Nelson: Painting outside the lines
How to reach fellow writers with a newsletter
How to reach fellow writers with a newsletter
Being Creative Every Day Webinar
Being Creative Every Day Webinar
How narrative memoir journaling can improve your nonfiction
How narrative memoir journaling can improve your nonfiction
How to target the right magazine department for your pitch
How to target the right magazine department for your pitch
From the Archives: 20 questions to ask your character
From the Archives: 20 questions to ask your character
A stranger comes to town
A stranger comes to town
The psychology of world building
The psychology of world building
Untangling threads: Four questions to help you separate stories within stories
Untangling threads: Four questions to help you separate stories within stories
From the Front Lines: 3 tips for your short stories
From the Front Lines: 3 tips for your short stories
Fifteen mobile apps for writers on the go
Fifteen mobile apps for writers on the go
Seventh floor, please
Seventh floor, please
Labor Day Sale
Labor Day Sale
Anecdotally speaking: Finding anecdotal sources for articles
Anecdotally speaking: Finding anecdotal sources for articles
How to break into grant writing
How to break into grant writing
Labor Day Sale
Labor Day Sale
When our writing gets us in trouble
When our writing gets us in trouble
Why freelancers should ask for more money
Why freelancers should ask for more money
Six counterintuitive goals to shake up your writing routine
Six counterintuitive goals to shake up your writing routine
How to switch from novels to memoir (and vice versa)
How to switch from novels to memoir (and vice versa)
The way we remember it
The way we remember it
Building the foundation
Building the foundation
What’s the best writing sample to use when applying to a residency?
What’s the best writing sample to use when applying to a residency?
Choosing a co-author for your book
Choosing a co-author for your book
Missed stop
Missed stop
Parallel work: What to do when the words won’t come
Parallel work: What to do when the words won’t come
Defining a writer
Defining a writer
5 simple ways to encourage a young writer
5 simple ways to encourage a young writer
Understanding irony in fiction
Understanding irony in fiction
The do’s and don’ts of dialogue
The do’s and don’ts of dialogue
A writer’s guide to saving for retirement
A writer’s guide to saving for retirement
What’s the best thing you can do to improve your writing?
What’s the best thing you can do to improve your writing?
Finding the heart of your story
Finding the heart of your story
Help! I can’t find the right endings for my essays
Help! I can’t find the right endings for my essays
Fly on the wall
Fly on the wall
7 tell-tale signs of toxic freelance clients
7 tell-tale signs of toxic freelance clients
Freelance Writing 101
Freelance Writing 101
The art of not writing
The art of not writing
Writing epistolary novels in the modern age
Writing epistolary novels in the modern age
Forget to remember
Forget to remember
How to plan a successful DIY book tour
How to plan a successful DIY book tour
Ask The Writer: Using current events in fiction
Ask The Writer: Using current events in fiction
Mike Rowe: How I Write
Mike Rowe: How I Write
Why are writers so prone to self-doubt?
Why are writers so prone to self-doubt?
The Writer Membership
The Writer Membership
The Writer Membership
The Writer Membership
The Writer Membership
The Writer Membership
The Writer Membership
The Writer Membership
The Writer Membership
The Writer Membership
The Writer Membership
The Writer Membership
Advice for memoirists: No one wants to hear your whole life story
Advice for memoirists: No one wants to hear your whole life story
Is your home office causing you pain?
Is your home office causing you pain?
On self-assignment: Turn research into an adventure
On self-assignment: Turn research into an adventure
A writer’s argument for political correctness
A writer’s argument for political correctness
Food sensuality in fiction
Food sensuality in fiction
6 ways research can turn into plagiarism (and one surefire way to avoid it)
6 ways research can turn into plagiarism (and one surefire way to avoid it)
Hate to outline? “Date-line” instead.
Hate to outline? “Date-line” instead.
What to do when your writing goes viral
What to do when your writing goes viral
Make every word count: An editor’s tips for writing the best flash stories
Make every word count: An editor’s tips for writing the best flash stories
How unconscious bias can affect your fiction
How unconscious bias can affect your fiction
Steer your brand towards success with this guide for authors
Steer your brand towards success with this guide for authors
On finding confidence as a new writer
On finding confidence as a new writer
How to write great fantasy
How to write great fantasy
Where do agents look for new clients?
Where do agents look for new clients?
When is it time to stop researching and start writing?
When is it time to stop researching and start writing?
Jillian Medoff: How I Write
Jillian Medoff: How I Write
Promotional Pitfalls: 23 missteps first-time authors must avoid when marketing their book
Promotional Pitfalls: 23 missteps first-time authors must avoid when marketing their book
An interview with award-winning author Mira Bartók
An interview with award-winning author Mira Bartók
The other four senses
The other four senses
Dog days of summer
Dog days of summer
The definitive guide to “show, don’t tell”
The definitive guide to “show, don’t tell”
Literary Spotlight: “Funny Women”
Literary Spotlight: “Funny Women”
Think Small
Think Small
Gigi Will Know: Can my child protagonist use adult vocabulary for the sake of the narrative?
Gigi Will Know: Can my child protagonist use adult vocabulary for the sake of the narrative?
10 ways to eviscerate a bad case of writer envy
10 ways to eviscerate a bad case of writer envy
Gigi Will Know: Should writers consult with a lawyer prior to signing a contract?
Gigi Will Know: Should writers consult with a lawyer prior to signing a contract?
From the Front Lines: How to make Twitter work for you
From the Front Lines: How to make Twitter work for you
Summer writing prompt: Ice dream
Summer writing prompt: Ice dream
Independence Day Sale
Independence Day Sale
Plan a DIY writing retreat this summer
Plan a DIY writing retreat this summer
Build your audience through newsletters
Build your audience through newsletters
Sharing the spotlight in creative nonfiction
Sharing the spotlight in creative nonfiction
Ten essential resources for nonfiction writers
Ten essential resources for nonfiction writers
Essential questions to ask before signing with a literary agent
Essential questions to ask before signing with a literary agent
Clean copy: What it is, why it matters, and how to produce it
Clean copy: What it is, why it matters, and how to produce it
How to sell more books at a virtual book launch
How to sell more books at a virtual book launch
Writers, here’s how to be your own best reader
Writers, here’s how to be your own best reader
Innovative ways to help other writers
Innovative ways to help other writers
A beginner’s guide to interviewing
A beginner’s guide to interviewing
Do you really have to write every day?
Do you really have to write every day?
Writing Prompt: Waiting Room
Writing Prompt: Waiting Room
4 ways to instantly tighten your fiction
4 ways to instantly tighten your fiction
How to foster more empathy in your memoir
How to foster more empathy in your memoir
The top 10 golden rules of self-editing
The top 10 golden rules of self-editing
Tips for writing for a global audience
Tips for writing for a global audience
On the road with David Sedaris
On the road with David Sedaris
Writing to heal: Journaling for writers
Writing to heal: Journaling for writers
How to merge your many drafts in the revision process
How to merge your many drafts in the revision process
Fictionalizing your hometown
Fictionalizing your hometown
The tao of the Three Little Pigs
The tao of the Three Little Pigs
Writing Prompt: What She's Having
Writing Prompt: What She's Having
What the writer doesn’t know
What the writer doesn’t know
Readying your book reading
Readying your book reading
Making social media matter
Making social media matter
The Writer Webinar
The Writer Webinar
Writing the ideal villain for your fiction
Writing the ideal villain for your fiction
How to start writing for trade, niche, and international magazines
How to start writing for trade, niche, and international magazines
Why writing is not that kind of therapy
Why writing is not that kind of therapy
Ian Purkayastha: How I Write
Ian Purkayastha: How I Write
Top tips for revising your novel
Top tips for revising your novel
The #1inchlist
The #1inchlist
10 questions to help you hire an editor
10 questions to help you hire an editor
Re-breaking the bone: Hard revisions lead to stronger manuscripts
Re-breaking the bone: Hard revisions lead to stronger manuscripts
June writing prompt: Road trip!
June writing prompt: Road trip!
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
Conference Insider: Historical Novel Society of North America All-Virtual Conference
Conference Insider: Historical Novel Society of North America All-Virtual Conference
Julie Buxbaum: How I Write
Julie Buxbaum: How I Write
The most passionate defense of the serial comma you’ll ever read
The most passionate defense of the serial comma you’ll ever read
Writing with Kids, Part III: Submit to the chaos - Members Only
Writing with Kids, Part III: Submit to the chaos - Members Only
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