The Writer's Inner Journey -

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell

The 5-Question [Writer] Interview

I always ask myself if that part of my story will harm others and if so, is it necessary for the story’s lesson…?

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Jen A. Miller

The 5-Question [Writer] Interview

I need to block out a lot of noise about trends, the writing industry…

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Nora Baskin

The 5-Question [Writer] Interview

Measuring ourselves against those we admire and aspire to be is what making good art is all about.
I reach as high as I can.

The 5-Question [Poet] Interview: Patty Seyburn

The 5-Question [Writer] Interview

I have had to school myself in editorial brutality and trusting in the editing wisdom that comes with time.

The 5-Question [Screenwriter] Interview: Shane Weisfeld

The 5-Question [Writer] Interview

“The key isn’t necessarily producing fast enough, but being consistent, persistent and self-critical. That, in effect, means I’m striking the balance of producing and creating and then they become one and the same.” — Shane Weisfeld SHANE WEISFELD is the co-writer of the crime-thriller film “FREEZER”, released worldwide, starring Dylan McDermott, Peter Facinelli and

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Paolina Milana

The 5-Question [Writer] Interview

Acceptance, I have learned, can only come from within.

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Susan Shapiro

The 5-Question [Writer] Interview

Susan Shapiro is an award winning writing professor at The New School. She’s written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Salon and Tin House. She’s the New York Times bestselling author of 10 books including “Five Men Who Broke My Heart,” “Lighting Up,” the coauthored memoir “The Bosnia

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Kate Walter

The 5-Question [Writer] Interview

“I rarely think about rules when I am writing. In my personal life I have been breaking rules since I was young.” —Kate Walter KATE WALTER is the author of Looking for a Kiss: A Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing (Heliotrope Books, June, 2015). She is a master teacher and award-winning writer who specializes in essays,

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Shanna Mahin

The 5-Question [Writer] Interview

How do you know what you don’t know? Sometimes I figure it out on the page.

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Margaret Dilloway

The 5-Question [Writer] Interview

You have to remind yourself to write in service of the story.

The 5-Question [Publicist] Interview: Claire McKinney

Editors & Agents Interviews

I think the way to set yourself apart as an author is to decide what it is YOU are sharing with the world with your work no matter the genre.

The personal essay is meant to be about you—not someone else

Pencil Box for the Soul

Before I began writing professionally (and for a long time while I was), I was a therapist. Therapists are dedicated to confidentiality and bound to it by law, except in very specific cases. As a writer, how do I reconcile writing essays that include other people while writing a really good essay as well? It’s