“I could write 30 pages of how a character meets another character and not wind up using any of it, but I’ll get to know that character. No writing is wasted.”
By Allison Futterman | Published: September 5, 2018
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Award-winning and best-selling author J. Ryan Stradal shares the most important thing he has learned about writing and how it helps him in this short interview.
By Gabriel Packard | Published: August 30, 2018
“You have to go after a story or an essay like a pit bull with a piece of raw meat, and you cannot stop. You cannot let anyone get in your way.”
By Rebekah L. Fraser | Published: August 22, 2018
“What I wrote was deeply triggering for me, but I couldn’t arrive at the place I am now if I didn’t see on the page what happened to me.”
By Allison Futterman | Published: July 11, 2018
After a dozen books, what’s still left to know about this best-selling humorist’s life?
In a word: Plenty.
By Lee Mergner | Published: June 26, 2018
An exclusive look at the gatekeepers of contemporary comedy writing.
By Keysha Whitaker | Published: June 18, 2018
Are you ready to be on the other side of the interview?
By Michele C. Hollow | Published: July 29, 2014
Transcribing audio and video interviews can add power, insight and depth to a story.
By Jack Hamann | Published: November 22, 2013
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