It took Pierce Brown six novels and countless queries before he broke through with his smash-hit Red Rising trilogy. Now he has two television series, a film adaptation, and another sci-fi trilogy in the works – and has never given up on his principles along the way. Read More “Pierce Brown interview: Rising star”
The world of adolescence offers endless exploration. Read More “Randa Abdel-Fattah: Identity and emotion”
“It’s important to write about things that matter to you and scare you.” Read More “Julie Buxbaum: How I Write”
“Craft and technique can sustain and improve the drive to tell a story.” Read More “Julia Goldberg: How I Write”
Novelist Christine Sneed shares advice for making every page a work of poetry. Read More “Christine Sneed interview: Le mot juste”
Kate Bolick challenges the spinster stereotype as well as the boundaries of first-person narratives. Read More “Kate Bolick interview: Seriously single”
Essayist Catherine Newman does the writer hustle. Read More “Catherine Newman interview: Make it work”
“I’ve never had much luck trying to please a specific audience. I write for myself, in the hope that enough people will be interested and amused by the same things that interest and amuse me.” Read More “Mike Rowe: How I Write”
By day, she’s an Emmy-winning investigative on-air reporter. By night, she’s an ultra-acclaimed mystery novelist. In both her fiction and nonfiction, Hank Phillippi Ryan takes storytelling to the highest level. Read More “Hank Phillippi Ryan interview: In search of the story”
Gregg Hurwitz leaps from page to screen to comic book panel in the blink of an eye. But no matter his medium, his end goal is the same: to tell an unforgettable, compelling story you can’t put down. Read More “Gregg Hurwitz interview: Renaissance man”
Working on a book for young readers? Here’s what not to do. Read More “5 terrible, horrible, no good, very bad children’s book mistakes”
Before your novel is ready for publication, it should endure each of these draft phases first. Read More “Drafting those many drafts: The 10 revision phases”
Fully developing the setting of your work can lead to richer characters and deeper plotlines. Read More “Beyond the backdrop: Mastering setting in fiction”
