Ten Questions for Zeyn Joukhadar
“You have to become the person who can write the book you’re working on.” —Zeyn Joukhadar, author of The Thirty Names of Night
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“You have to become the person who can write the book you’re working on.” —Zeyn Joukhadar, author of The Thirty Names of Night
“Don’t ever find your voice.” —Khaled Mattawa, author of Fugitive Atlas
“You may not see it, but I am always writing.” —Heid E. Erdrich, author of Little Big Bully
"Writing is part of my life, and life is part of my writing.” —Khadijah Queen, author of Anodyne
“Feel for the thread. Follow it through the dark.” —Kendra Atleework, author of Miracle Country
The author of Horsepower suggests putting aside knowledge and focusing on unlearning.
The author of The Prettiest Star shares strategies and questions that help him get to know his characters.
“There’s no shortcut. Not for anything.” —Kawai Strong Washburn, author of Sharks in the Time of Saviors
“The most challenging thing every time I sit down to write is to make the poem on the page as alive as the poem in my head.” —Barbara Crooker, author of Some Glad Morning
“Nearly everything about writing a book is hard. The hope is that it’s harder, in some way, not to.” —Oliver Baez Bendorf, author of Advantages of Being Evergreen