9/11 has ruined the narrative arc, and our craft should reflect that.
WRITING LIFE: Overcoming Editorial Aversions to 9/11 by Elizabeth Moroney
Category: Writing Life
Our Writing Life column archive, which features an array of guest contributors.
WRITING LIFE: Writing Class Ruined Me for Social Reentry by Andrea Askowitz
For a second, I think these women are with me.
WRITING LIFE: Over in a Flash by Kristen Paulson-Nguyen
“Thank you for coming,” I said to the director’s black cat, Loba.
WRITING LIFE: Solo Retreat (S)Log by Debra Leishear-King
Pack car. Ignore heavy, untouched tub of books and writing supplies. Scowl at ruined vegetables.
WRITING LIFE: It’s Hard to Write by Trần Vũ Thu-Hằng
I am now the student, fifty percent responsible for learning to write.
WRITING LIFE: Creating a Book of Delights by Deborah Lindsay Williams
The delight notebook helps us let go of all that is fraught about writing.
WRITING LIFE: Going Mobile by Robin Wheeler
If being on the road worked for Woody Guthrie, maybe it would work for me.
Writing Life: La Pandémie by Kristen Paulson-Nguyen
I try to focus on the moment and not on what I want to accomplish.
WRITING LIFE: I Found My Writing Self on Zoom by Aimee Christian
…it was like a Japanese restaurant in which everyone shrieks “Irasshaimase!” every time the front door opens.
WRITING LIFE: How I Renewed My Enthusiasm for Writing by Erica M. Dolson
I started to watch Jane the Virgin during a summer when my writing had become monotonous…
