How Naming a Character Is Like Naming a Child | Jane Friedman
Today’s post is by author Ginny Kubitz Moyer. Over the course of my life, I have chosen…
I Cannot
Licensed under CCO 4.0, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Last year, a formal tone that sounded nothing…
When Writing Gets Hard: 3 Hidden Causes of Writer’s Block | Jane Friedman
Today’s post is by regular contributor Susan DeFreitas (@manzanitafire), an award-winning author, editor, and book coach. One newspaperman,…
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…