The Writer's Notebook
Read and discuss articles on craft, critique, career advice, publishing, teaching, choosing an agent, or choosing the best creative writing program or conference.
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Sometimes it Takes a Community
Kate McDevitt | August 2018
Every writing group has a different structure, tone, and feel, so the trick is to find the one that works best for you. Or, in my case, get a group thrust upon you and turn it into what you want it to be.
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Harder, Better: Debuting Late in Life
Leslie Lawrence | July 2018
I was in my mid-twenties when I began writing in earnest; by the time I had a book accepted for publication, I was on Medicare.
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Defensive Masculinity in the Creative Writing Workshop
Rachel Lyon | April 2018
It’s a cold winter evening and I’m hosting a creative writing class in my Brooklyn apartment.
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The '80s Are, Like, Ancient: Writing and Researching Modern Historical Fiction
Leslie Pietrzyk | March 2018
The time setting of my new novel, Silver Girl, is the late '70s and the early '80s, which I found was a challenging historical period to write about. (Yes, forty years ago is "historical fiction.")
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