“You’re climbing Everest by looking down at your feet, not looking up at the mountain. The second I look up, I wouldn’t be able to breathe, and it would all be too daunting.” Read More “Clara Bingham: Writers on Writing”
“[Writing] takes a long time. There is no rushing it and the work exists on its own timetable, outside of your own personal deadlines.” Read More “Kaitlyn Greenidge: Writers on Writing”
“The more specific you are in writing, the more general an audience can react to it.” Read More “Tom Leopold: Writers on Writing”
“Honoring the separation between the private activity of writing and the public activity of being a writer has helped me structure my days.” Read More “Alexandra Kleeman: Writers on Writing”
“After I find a good routine – which, for me, usually involves absolute quiet, at least two hours of uninterrupted time, and a pot of black coffee – the writing starts going well, and then I can forget about the routine.” Read More “Jeannie Vanasco: Writers on Writing”
Natalie Bober is an award-winning and critically acclaimed biographer and historian. Read More “Natalie Bober: Writers on Writing”
“As I work on a project, typically a book-length essay, I try to ask myself, what puts the reader at the most extreme point of discomfiture?” Read More “David Shields: Writers on Writing”
Dan Sheehan, a recipient of the 2016 Center for Fiction Emerging Writers Fellowship, is a journalist, editor, and fiction writer. Read More “Dan Sheehan: Writers on Writing”
“The process of rewriting is so important, it’s like breathing to a writer. It’s everything.” Read More “Danny Strong: Writers on Writing”
“The most important thing about writing is to make sure – once you’ve started a project – don’t stop in the middle if you can help it.” Read More “Norman Barasch: Writers on Writing”
