Top Three Rivers
The Nile River. Photograph by Vyacheslav Argenberg. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CCO 4.0. “Top…
Writing Lessons from Jane Austen: Story Questions and Northanger Abbey | Jane Friedman
Photo by Paolo Chiabrando on Unsplash Today’s post is by book coach Robin Henry. In case you…
5 Strategies for Writing the Parts You Don’t Like
For all writers, there inevitably comes a time when we encounter aspects of the craft that,…
Dorm Room Art?: At the Biennale
Walton Ford, Culpabilis, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Kasmin, New York. Photograph by Charlie Rubin….
Feral Goblin: Hospital Diary
Hospital corridor. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, public domain. When I entered the emergency room at 3…
Crafting Memoir with a Message: Blending Story with Self-Help | Jane Friedman
Photo by Google DeepMind Today’s post is by Maggie Langrick, publisher at Wonderwell Press. In my…
Anne Elliot Is Twenty-Seven
Hugh Thomson, engraving for chapter 23 of Persuasion, 1987: “He drew out a letter from under…
Choosing Story Settings Based on Genre | Jane Friedman
Photo by Laila Gebhard on Unsplash Today’s post is by author Jane K. Cleland. Join her…
At the Webster Apartments: One of Manhattan’s Last All-Women’s Boarding Houses
All photographs by Tess Little. I am greeted by the same sight that greeted tens of…
Find a Writing Buddy (Latest Edition!)
Need a writing buddy? A critique partner? A beta reader? Here’s your stop! Writers need feedback….
“What a Goddamn Writer She Was”: Remembering Alice Munro (1931–2024)
Alice Munro. Photograph by Derek Shapton. I reread “Family Furnishings” this morning because it is one…
Inside Alice Munro’s Notebooks
All images courtesy Alice Munro fonds, University of Calgary Archives and Special Collections” For her twenty-first…
The Compounding Value of Small Group Writing Retreats and Intensives | Jane Friedman
Photo by Ray Harrington on Unsplash Today’s post is by retired doctor turned writer Sandra Eliason….
How to Stop Gaslighting Your Memoir Writing Process | Jane Friedman
Photo by Kristina Flour on Unsplash Today’s post is by writer and editor Lisa Cooper Ellison. Join…
Old Friends
From Cletus Johnson’s Details from “Winter,” a portfolio published in issue no. 68 of The Paris…
Is Your Story “Big Enough” to Write About? | Jane Friedman
Photo by Pixabay Today’s post is excerpted from Heart. Soul. Pen.: Find Your Voice on the…
Wild Desire
Abstract 2 from Awash by Will Steacy, a portfolio that appeared in issue no. 177 of…
Defining Negative Space in Story | Jane Friedman
Photo by Randy Laybourne on Unsplash Today’s post is by author and book coach Deborah Ann…