Great Moral Issues Requires Art that Uplifts
During an interview with Lit Hub's fiction/non/fiction podcast, Ha Jin (A Song Everlasting) talks about how artists can create work that lasts while also...
Maxine Hong Kingston: “Anybody’s Life Could be a Wonderful Piece of...
Lit Hub celebrates the birthday of treasured writer Maxine Hong Kingston by sharing some of her best quotes about writing.
“You . . ....
Edgar Allen Poe: The Perfect Writer for Our Times
In an essay for Electric Lit, Catherine Baab-Muguira says that Edgar Allen Poe is the perfect writer for the COVID-19 zeitgeist. "Few creative careers...
Don’t Preach: Craft an Emotional Experience When Writing Big Topics
In a post on Writer Unboxed, Kathryn Craft discusses the challenges of tackling important issues in your writing, while avoiding preachiness. Instead, Craft urges...
When Do You Know It’s Time to Cut Your Losses?
The sunk cost fallacy is a theory of human nature that says people will continue to invest in something - financially or emotionally -...
Jonathan Franzen: “The Novel Can Change Things”
During an interview with the Open Source podcast, Jonathan Franzen talks about the importance of writing about big ideas.
"I had this idea that the...
Marguerite Duras on Finding Stories Everywhere
In an excerpt from her book, Writing, acclaimed novelist Marguerite Duras shared how watching the death of a common housefly taught her that stories...
“That’s Not Writing, That’s Typing.”
Word count goals. NaNoWriMo. Writing sprints. Everywhere you turn, writers are told to ignore their inner editor, shut the thesaurus, tune out the world,...
Petty Slights or Systemic Violence: Vengeance Writing Can Help You Vent,...
Writers often joke about the role revenge plays in their writing. "Don't piss me off," they'll say, "or I'll kill you off in my...
How Much Honesty Can Your Writing Stand?
In a post on Writer Unboxed, Jim Dempsey writes about giving a colleague feedback on stories that fictionalize real people and events. The colleague...
