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Visiting Julian Fellowes, Banned Chinese Writers, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Simon & Schuster reports its sales were down last quarter, yet earnings rose; Vanity Fair visits with novelist and Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes; crime writer Nancy Mancuso Gelber was recently imprisoned for contracting to murder her husband; and other news.
Bodwell’s Baker’s Dozen
by Joshua Bodwell
January/February 2012
In the spirit of year-end best-of reading lists, we offer Joshua Bodwell’s Baker’s Dozen 2011 as a companion to his article “You Are What You Read: The Art of Inspired Reading Lists,” which appears in the January/February 2012 issue's special section on inspiration.
How to Get Unstuck: The Psychology of Writer’s Block
by Dennis Cass
January/February 2010
A look at the psychology of writers block and how scientific studies in creativity offer insight into how writers can use the tools they already have to break through.
Get Up, Stand Up for Your Writing
by John Moir
September/October 2008
The best advice for how to produce good poetry or prose has always been the most simple—just sit down and write—but perhaps sitting isn't the answer after all.
The Importance of Place: Where Writers Write and Why
by Alexandra Enders
March/April 2008
Why do some writers prefer company and background noise, while others need isolation? Why do some need the magical monotony of sameness, and others the inspiration of variety? What does it mean for a writer to be locked into a place? What does place even mean to a writer?
Surviving a Month Without Internet
by Stephen Elliott
May/June 2007
An author makes what many would consider the ultimate professional sacrifice in the name of writing and rediscovers how to spend his time offline.
Improvisers and Revisers: An Experiment in Spontaneity
by Ken Gordon
May/June 2006
It took a long time to write these words. I'm not referring to the psychosomatic affliction known as writer's block. I mean the delays caused by the process of composition and revision.
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