Category: Role of the Writer
"Write what you know." This is a very old bit of advice for fiction writers. The idea is that your life is far more interesting…
Read MoreThere are six people who are now meeting once a month in Danville, Indiana, to talk about and get better at the craft of writing.…
Read MoreHere they are, the two central tasks of the craftsman - working and waiting. These actions, one active and the other passive, are inseparable. No…
Read MoreIn the preface to his book Jerusalem, Simon Sebag Montefiore states, "I have tried to avoid teleology – writing history as if every event were…
Read MoreIan McEwan recently told The Guardian his motivation for writing novels. "Ah, the dopamine moment is finishing them. It's, you know, when you're thinking you've…
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