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Write Better Fiction Jasmin Iolani Hakes: Write What Scares You Robert Lee Brewer

Literary Sarah Bruni: On Localized Violence Through a Global Lens Robert Lee Brewer

Literary Alice Evelyn Yang: Scavenge for Inspiration Like a Magpie Robert Lee Brewer

Literary Melissa Faliveno: The Story Led the Way, and I Followed Robert Lee Brewer

Literary Ryan Collett: On Honoring Reader Expectations Robert Lee Brewer

Literary Farah Naz Rishi: On the Strange and Faintly Absurd Shape of Grief Robert Lee Brewer

Mystery/Thriller Alissa Lee: I Love a Twisty Plot Robert Lee Brewer

Literary Catherine Newman: Do Not Discount the Power of Momentum Robert Lee Brewer

The Fracturing of the Literary "Weird Girl" - How Women Authors Use Innovative Structures to Get Inside Unhinged Characters' Minds, by Heather Colley

Character The Fracturing of the Literary “Weird Girl”—How Women Authors Use Innovative Structures to Get Inside Unhinged Characters’ Minds Heather Colley

Literary Jaquira Díaz: You’re Making Art, Not a Product Robert Lee Brewer

Literary Sonora Jha: Surrender to the Surprise in Your Story Robert Lee Brewer

On Being an Unreformed Writer of Dark Humor, by Amber Sparks

Humor Fiction On Being an Unreformed Writer of Dark Humor Amber Sparks

Laura Venita Green: Promoting a Book Is Different From Writing One

Literary Laura Venita Green: Promoting a Book Is Different From Writing One Robert Lee Brewer

Annual Competition Writer’s Digest 94th Annual Competition Mainstream/Literary Short Story First Place Winner: “The Memory Eater”Moriah Richard

Literary Tamar Shapiro: Writing Has Become My Daily Joy Robert Lee Brewer

Lauren Morrow: On Starting Over to Move Forward With Writing

Literary Lauren Morrow: On Starting Over to Move Forward With Writing Robert Lee Brewer