Writers on Writing
Alphabetical by Author
A – E
- The Hidden Power in Each Perspective
Kathleen Alcott - Research in Fiction — Necessary But Dangerous
Helen Benedict - Writing Dos and Don’ts
Marie-Helene Bertino - For Shame!
Stefan Merrill Block - On the Search for Great Fiction
Stefan Merrill Block - A Tightrope Walker’s Guide to Writing
Stefan Merrill Block - When Working on Your Writing Doesn’t Look Like Writing
Lily Brooks-Dalton - Writing to the Tension
Andrea Chapin - Research Your Life
Alexander Chee - From Scratch
Bill Cheng - What’s in a Title?
Erika Dreifus - In Search of the Perfect P.O.V.
Pamela Erens
F – L
- Writers and Self-Sabotage
Bonnie Friedman - How to Steal Stuff
Elizabeth Gaffney - Keeping Up the Pace
Alison Gaylin - Three-Dimensional Writing
Alison Gaylin - How to Start Your Novel
David Gordon - Something to Do with Work as Play: David Foster Wallace and “The Nature of Fun”
Kristopher Jansma - What Does It Really Mean When People Say Your Character is Unsympathetic?
Christina Baker Kline - On Finding Your Material
Sheila Kohler - One Thing I Never Learned in Workshop
Victor LaValle - Facing the “You’re a Failure” Voice
Caroline Leavitt - Getting Unstuck
Caroline Leavitt - Interviewing for Fiction
Min Jin Lee
M – P
- The “It” Factor
Fiona Maazel - What Do You Call a Text with No Arms and No Legs and No Head?
John Madera - On Writing Space
Dina Nayeri - Notes on Dialogue
Tracy O’Neill - When Logic Met Fiction
Tracy O’Neill - The Red Bandana
Ann Packer - Scenes & Summary
Patricia Park - What a Nude Drawing Class Taught Me About POV in Fiction
Patricia Park - Say Yes to Obsession
Molly Prentiss
Q – R
- How to Get Out of the Slush Pile
Dawn Raffel - The Most Important Words
Dawn Raffel - The Truth About Writer’s Block
Dawn Raffel - Huskies, Hackneys
Roxana Robinson - How to Read Like a Writer
Gabriel Roth - How to Write a Novel: The Short Version
Gabriel Roth - All the Pointers, None of the Intimidation
Patrick Ryan
S – T
- An Unfunny Essay About Humor
Mike Scalise - How to Write a Sex Scene
Rebecca Schiff - Procrastination and the Necessary Fight
Dani Shapiro - The Thirty-Year Novel
Leora Skolkin-Smith - Writing and Madness
Dinitia Smith - How Walter White Can Make You a Better Writer
Martha Southgate - Dialogue or Conversation?
Jason Starr - The Roots of Obsession
Darcy Steinke - Building Characters is a Piece of (Layer Cake)
Judy Sternlight - Playing with Status
Judy Sternlight - Composing
Terese Svoboda - To Plot or Not?
Terese Svoboda - Tumbling Down a Hill in a House That is On Fire
Duane Swierczynski - You Do You
Arlaina Tibensky - The Writer’s Trove
Alissa Torres
U – Z
- Plot and Pacing
Simon van Booy - Inventing Time
Laura van den Berg - Tips for Writing Dialogue
Teddy Wayne - Why Tried and True Advice Can Doom You
John Wray - On De-Purpling Your Prose
Courtney Zoffness