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The most influential people in your writing life
By Alicia AnsteadSince this is September, the official back-to-school month, we’ve had classrooms on our minds here at The Writer.
Features
In residence
By Lauren CarterSettle in and write.
Teacher’s bet
By Bill CongerKimberla Lawson Roby takes business into her own hands.
What’s in store?
By Kinney LittlefieldScriptwriter Andrew Davies shares tips from the writers’ room.
Do better
By Megan KaplonHow Google helped Ayelet Waldman conceptualize a novel.
Departments
Go for it
By Alicia AnsteadA culture clash turns out solid essays.
Lights up
By Michele C. HollowGet comfortable in front of the camera.
Wife of wrath
By Jennifer ChenAppreciating the spouse-writer in your life isn’t always easy.
Move over, Miss Manners
By Jack HamannThis tome tackles it all.
Policing the craft
By Yvonne PesqueraAllow New Mexico to inspire your writing.
The middle bit
By Melissa HartFull Grown People explores the “awkward age.”
1980: Suspense Writing
By Hillary CasavantMary Higgins Clark explains her craft.
Mastering the art of writing
By Hillary CasavantWhich MFA program or workshop is right for you?
Also in Every Issue
From the Editor
Take Note
Lessons from teachers, classroom essentials, foreign language in fiction, building your character’s backstory, advice from Andrew Sean Greer and more.
Markets
Classified advertising
How I Write
Margie Gelbwasser: “Most of it is just imagination.”