Writing Tools
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Writing ToolsWriters on Writing
How to Read Like a Writer
Gabriel Roth
The first step in writing a novel is reading novels, is one of those truistic bits of canonical wisdom. Most would-be novelists are pleased to...
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Writing ToolsWriters on Writing
On Writing Space
Dina Nayeri
I’ve been searching for a suitable writing space—a place that fits my mood, that feels sacred and creative and peaceful, that coaxes the...
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Writing ToolsWriters on Writing
Plot and Pacing
Simon Van Booy
For an author’s first book, I would suggest adhering to a basic plot structure, then deviating where and if it feels right
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Writing ToolsWriters on Writing
Research Your Life
Alexander Chee
You know the least about your life precisely because, for living in it, you might barely notice it. You are from a place and you believe you know...
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Writing ToolsWriters on Writing
Tumbling Down a Hill in a House That is On Fire
Duane Swierczynski
The best bit of that advice, and one I would take to heart as a novelist, is the idea of keeping your readers off kilter whenever possible
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Writing ToolsWriters on Writing
The Truth About Writer’s Block
Dawn Raffel
I’ve never been a wake-up-at-five-in-the-morning-and-write-every-day kind of gal. I have nothing but admiration for people with that seat-of-the-pants-to-the-chair...
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Writing ToolsWriters on Writing
For Shame!
Stefan Merrill Block
I didn’t discover serious graphic novels until my early twenties, and—as much as I enjoy them now—the form is freighted for me with envy and regret
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Writing Tools
Composing
Terese Svoboda
You’ve got the words. They’re swirling around in your head all day – all night for the more unfortunate among us
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Writing ToolsWriters on Writing
All the Pointers, None of the Intimidation
Patrick Ryan
Workshops are like relationships in many respects: they can be healthy or unhealthy, productive or unproductive, a fusing of minds or a battle of egos
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Writing ToolsWriters on Writing
On De-Purpling Your Prose
Courtney Zoffness
It’s natural to remember your first attempts at fiction with a combination of wistfulness and shame. Sometimes I think about mine, an international...