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Writing Fiction in the Age of Artificial Intelligence—By Duncan Hart Cameron
Has it all been for nothing? All of the hours that I have spent in front of my computer, rising at dawn to be at my station, pounding out stories, working through the fear of not being good enough, of not being able to put something great on the page, something that is part of me,… Continue reading
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Changing the Scenery to Refresh Your Writing—By Kate Hammer
There’s a bit of writing advice that I receive a lot: treat writing like your full-time job, sit down at the same time and place everyday, train your brain to be creative. I’ve heard it again and again, because it works. For others, I’m assuming. Continue reading
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Pushing Past the Fear of Writing Nonfiction—By Chanel M. Sutherland
The trees of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. If I’m being completely honest, writing nonfiction terrifies me. But recently, I’ve felt compelled to write the truth. To write the stories that have shaped the trajectory of my life and—as if that wasn’t enough—have lodged themselves into my creative conscience, demanding to be told at all Continue reading
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I Thought I Was Writing a Potboiler—By Robyn Sarah
The truth is, I’ve known since I began writing that if my husband Michael died, I couldn’t continue with the Chief Inspector Gamache mystery series. Continue reading
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Writing Through Grief—By Louise Penny
The truth is, I’ve known since I began writing that if my husband Michael died, I couldn’t continue with the Chief Inspector Gamache mystery series. Continue reading
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Writing to Perform, and Performing to Write—By Deb Vanslet
I always go back and forth between telling and writing when I create a story. Below is an audio file and a transcript of that process. I write a story by telling a story. I started to call myself a writer when I was around fifty. But in the late 1980s and 1990s, I was a Continue reading
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Writing, Mothering, and the Wild In-Between—By Gillian Sze
My first reading of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are was as a parent. Growing up, I somehow managed to miss this childhood classic, which I now recognize as surprising given its widespread popularity. I was given the book as a gift when I was pregnant with my son, and even then I didn’t read it Continue reading
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From Tragedy to a Book—By Catherine McKenzie
I’ve always thought of writers as magpies—we’re known for thievery, and that’s often what we do. We steal little parts of life, sometimes from our own experiences, but often from other people. A conversation overheard in a restaurant. A fight observed in the street. A line of dialogue said by a friend. We’re always collecting, gathering, Continue reading
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Writer vs. Editor: The Showdown Within—By Malcolm Fraser
The relationship between writer and editor is complicated, fraught, an emotional and ethical minefield ready to detonate and splatter the room with shattered egos at any moment. I would know—I witness this brutal conflict from both sides on a regular basis. (And right now, my editor side is telling my writer side to chill the Continue reading
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Keep Calm, Shut Up, and Write—By Lea Beddia
One full-time teaching job (hybrid online teaching included), three school-aged children (complete with homework, lunches and the occasional emotional meltdown), and one pandemic (anxiety I never thought I’d have, a bonus). Add a house to help maintain, and there’s no time for a creative outlet. It’s enough to turn me into a Netflix zombie. You Continue reading