Talking Writing Magazine

The Silent Voice of Your Story

Essay by Lynne Gessner

No wonder readers often skip description—they were with the character, and suddenly the author steps in with dry facts.

The Landscape Portal

Essay by Kaori Fujimoto

I wanted my stories to transport readers to someplace new and strange.

Did You Bring Me Anything?

Flash Nonfiction by Lisa Cox

She’d lift gifts from her suitcase, and I would forgive her desertion instantly.

Clothes to Die In

Flash Nonfiction by Mel Andrews

I’m uncomfortable around ambulances or the overdressed crowds outside funeral parlors.

The YA Conspiracy—and How I Grew Up

TW Column by David Biddle

It bothered the hell out of me that people were standing in line waiting for midnight sales of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

TW Contest: Hybrid Poetry

Tips from Amy King, Contest Judge

I love fiction and creative nonfiction and derive much of my aesthetic pleasures from them.

The Case of the Disappearing Editor

TW Column by Martha Nichols

In the battle over submission fees, what troubles me most is the idea that writers do everything and editors do nothing.

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