‘A long game’ review: Novel ideas about how to write

For Elizabeth McCracken, writing a novel requires attention to matters as small as punctuation and as capacious as the ...
Iowa Public Radio

Elizabeth McCracken talks about her new book, 'A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction'

You may have a karaoke song that you love belting out at the top of your lungs, but writer Elizabeth McCracken is definitely not someone who wants to grab the mic and get up on stage. So, Elizabeth, ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Past Lives,’ ‘American Fiction’: Writers write what they know, namely, writers

This past film season, a number of screenwriters played close to home, creating or adapting writer characters for their movies. In “Anatomy of a Fall,” “American Fiction,” “Past Lives,” “All of Us ...
Psychology Today

Writing Psychologically-Realistic Characters in Fiction

Good novelists create characters who are complex. unique, and have relatable human needs and feelings. Joyce Carol Oates is one of our best contemporary novelists, and has created a host of memorable ...

Harness memories for storytelling at Writers of Kern workshop

Everyone has stories but not all can put those to paper. A speaker at the upcoming Writers of Kern meeting aims to change ...
WMUR

Fiction writers fear the rise of AI, but also see it as a story to tell

For a vast number of book writers, artificial intelligence is a threat to their livelihood and the very idea of creativity. More than 10,000 of them endorsed an open letter from the Authors Guild this ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

And the winners of our fiction contest are…

The Bulletin’s mission—protecting civilization from manmade existential threats like nuclear weapons and climate change—is ...
Irish Central

The 20 best new Irish fiction writers, according to literary experts

The An Post Irish Book Awards unveiled its ‘New Voices 20 Best New Irish Writers’ initiative on Monday, August 26. The new initiative - of which there is no overall winner - will see the group of ...