The Future of Writing In the Age of Information
David Foster Wallace remains both loved and hated. His wisdom shows itself in argumentative writing, ambition and perfectionism, and perhaps one of the best, most profound, commencement addresses ever....
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Creativity and the Necessity of Giving up Your Best Loved Ideas and Starting...
“You need all kinds of influences, including negative ones, to challenge what you believe in.” — Bill Murray “Any year that passes in which you don’t destroy one of your best loved ideas is a wasted...
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Ursula K. Le Guin on The Human Spirit
In her acceptance speech for the National Book Foundation’s 2014 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, Ursula K. Le Guin offered this soul-touching look at humanity. I think hard...
View ArticleStephen King Shares His (Long) Reading List
At any question and answer session, a reader inevitably asks Stephen King what he reads. Everyone, myself included, wants to know what’s on Stephen King’s reading list. Now we know. In On Writing: A...
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Steven Pinker Tells us Why our Professional Writing Sucks (And What to Do)
Harvard’s cognitive psychology giant Steven Pinker has had no shortage of big, interesting topics to write about so far. Starting in 1994 with his first book aimed at popular audiences, The Language...
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What Can We Learn From the Prolific Mr. Asimov?
To learn is to broaden, to experience more, to snatch new aspects of life for yourself. To refuse to learn or to be relieved at not having to learn is to commit a form of suicide; in the long run, a...
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Carl Braun on Communicating Like a Grown-Up
“Man is a gregarious animal. We work in herds, in teams. The bear can do exactly as he pleases, for he works alone. We do not work alone. We depend throughout our lives on the goodwill of other men. If...
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Why Great Writers Write
“Books are never finished.They are merely abandoned.” — Oscar Wilde *** Why do great writers write? The question will never be answered only explored — in the context of culture, time, and ourselves....
View Article3 Famous Writers on the Relationship Between Reading and Writing
During the Q&A for How to Read a Book, someone asked whether reading a lot makes us better writers. The short answer is yes. Reading and writing are two sides of the same coin. As Anne Lamott...
View ArticleHow to Write Creative Fiction: Umberto Eco’s Four Rules
Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was one of the bestselling authors of all time. In Confessions of a Young Novelist, he shares some unique advice for writing fiction. Umberto Eco wrote Confessions of a Young...
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