Creative Writing Archives

May21
Publishing Spotted: Defending Brooklyn
While reading the new Wyatt Mason book blog at Harper's, I found this gem of a conversation between Jonathan Franzen and literary thinker James Wood. Check it out: "'[O]ne always imagines that New York is the place, or at least...
Mar13
From the Hulk to Literary Fiction: The Physics of Action Scenes
How do your characters move?I know it sounds silly, because we usually leave these discussions to comic books, thrillers, and fight scenes in movies. But think about it. How would hero look if he dashed across a busy street? How... Continue Reading
Nov16
Journalism and Literature Textbooks of the Future: Fake or Fiction?
The Internets are full of kooky and frightening acts of fakery. It is only a matter of time until web trickery evolves into an actual genre of writing. Someday, your kids' literature textbooks (or ebooks or brain chips) will include... Continue Reading
Mar26
How To Avoid the Five Year Single Submission Plan?
How many people can read your stories at once? Our favorite writing market guru, Erika Dreifus, just stirred up a discussion about simultaneous submissions to creative writing journals and magazines. The process varies among different publications, but the debate has... Continue Reading
Mar20
Defend Your Kids' Right To Creative Writing!
We spend all our time here thinking about our own generation of writers, but we are missing a crisis that threatens the next generation. The Examiner just ran a heartbreaking essay from a schoolteacher in Washington DC. According to Erica... Continue Reading
Nov17
"Stand on a milkcrate in your backyard": How Spoken Word Can Change Your Writing
If you tell most "serious" writers that you read at spoken word events, they'll probably think you're crazy or a failure. This week, I found a writer who used storytelling performance as a springboard for her career--a model for us... Continue Reading
 


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