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August. It's a month like no other.
By Alicia AnsteadAugust. It’s a month like no other. And it has particular resonance for writers because of its heightened luminosity and vivid testimony to nature’s cycles. August intensifies our senses. The gloaming is never as dazzling. The sky never as crisp.
Features
Strout’s there
By Jack SmithElizabeth Strout’s fourth novel is set in her home state of Maine, where her narrative voice took shape.
Separation anxiety
By Julie KrugTough times can get in the way of work. But don’t stray too far, says Natalie Goldberg.
Internet brain
By Hillary CasavantCan reading and writing on the Internet improve your work?
Range bedfellows
By Mimi Schwartz and Sondra PerlCreative nonfiction combines the best of two worlds. Ten tips can improve the relationship.
Where reporters dare to tread
By Andrew SchneiderWhen technology fails in the war theater, a reporter goes analog to get his story.
Raising hell
By Kinney LittlefieldScreenwriter Vince Gilligan has created some of TV’s most scintillating monsters. When Breaking Bad ends, will he kill his darlings?
Departments
Spill it
By Luke BloomfieldA poet traces the arc of his identity.
High-five structure
By Minal HajratwalaSteps to build narrative tension.
Not-so-secret identities
By Lisa Wade McCormickSocial media seals a book deal.
Set sail
By Hillary CasavantWhere the muse meets the writer: the Cape Cod Writers Conference is idyllic and intense.
Lucky Peach
By Melissa HartLooking for the sufficiently awesome in food, writing and culinary culture
Also in Every Issue
Take Note
Fast writing, Susan Choi, products for writers on the move, a guide to freewriting, advice from lefties, the writing prompt and more.
Write Stuff
Don McNair sheds light on the editing process.
Markets
Classified Advertising
How I Write
Cathie Pelletier: “Know what publishers are publishing.”