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In this monthly column, award-winning author Jessica Handler will take the fear out of fiction writing with practical advice about writing craft and the writer’s life. With humor and honesty, she’ll explore practical writing tips, including character insights, sensory integration on the page, innovative research techniques, and more. Each column will include a generative writing prompt.

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When I began this column in January, my goal was to share with you every month for a year what I know — and what I’m still learning — about writing…
Jessica Handler
Do you remember doing a “trust fall” at summer camp? Did you ever work for a company that presented these group exercises as fun activities at your…
Jessica Handler
A few weeks ago, my writing group and I realized that all five of us had to confront some surgical-level revisions in our manuscripts. The plots weren’t…
Jessica Handler
Maybe someone’s asked you what your novel-in-progress is about. Excited to share your pet project, you launched into an explanation of the plot, the…
Jessica Handler
[REMINDER: John Lewis Writing Grants now OPEN (deadline: Oct. 1, 2022)] For a long time, I thought I was terrible at writing dialogue. I’m not terrible…
Jessica Handler
I’ve spent the last two weeks doing almost nothing but reading novels, and I’ve noticed something about well-written literary fiction. It’s the…
Jessica Handler
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I recently invited my friend Pete to speak to my undergraduates about his new book and his writing practice. He told them, among other things, that he…
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