To me, writing is an act of listening. I listen, of course, to what I have already written. And then to something unknown, somewhere out there. The writing is this listening, to write is to listen. I ...

Science fiction emerged nearly 300 years ago during a time of great advances in science. Since then authors have tried to make sense of their world by imagining what the future will look like ...

CELINA - Intergalactic visitors with nefarious intentions. An out-of-control passenger plane heading for a mountain. A golfer now in her college years studying to be a doctor. Children preparing t ...

All forms of writing will be welcome, including letters, poems, fiction, journaling, and what former students of mine dubbed “rants”, i.e. going off any topic at all. We will have the option to share ...

Cressida Leyshon interviews the writer Yiyun Li about “The Particles of Order,” her story from the September 2, 2024, issue of The New Yorker.

The first sentence (and this is true for non-fiction, fiction, and all kinds of writing) must situate your reader somewhere on the map you are about to draw for them with the rest of the piece.

It was felt some outstanding writing had been overlooked. "We thought that despite the fact women published a great deal of fiction, and the majority of consumers and library lenders are women, the ...

RTÉ Radio 1 is home to one of the best outlets for audio essays in the world. Sunday Miscellany has been broadcasting "new writing for radio accompanied by complementary music" every Sunday ...