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Dan Willis
Apr 2, 20184 min read
Music for Writing, No. 2
Many writers listen to music as they write, whether to simply minimize distraction, or to let the mood of the music work its way...
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Philip Gerard
Mar 27, 20184 min read
What Do You Do With a Degree in Creative Writing?
I hear the question all the time—from parents of prospective students, neighbors, acquaintances, strangers on a plane: What do you do...
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chautauquajournal
Mar 20, 20184 min read
Staying Organized in the Chaos
I’m often asked how I do it—help run a literary journal, go to grad school, write a thesis, plan a wedding, among the ten million other...
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Don Stutts
Mar 3, 20182 min read
Getting Lost in the Research
“Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.” – Wernher von Braun Wernher von Braun was a man of science, an aerospace...
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Jesse Dodson
Feb 27, 20183 min read
Creating Strong Characters
I noticed something in my recent creative writing classes: we writers love the idea of telling a bigger story. We all want to have a...
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Dan Willis
Feb 20, 20182 min read
Music for Writing, No. 1
What does it mean to cultivate a good environment for writing? I don’t think it’s just about minimizing distraction and maximizing...
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Ireland Headrick
Feb 17, 20182 min read
Mirrors, Windows, and the Arts
Sydney J. Harris, an American journalist for the Chicago Daily News and, later, the Chicago Sun-Times, once said, “the whole purpose of...
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Josh Stadelman
Feb 8, 20183 min read
Thoughts on Writing Workshops
We, writers, tend to be too hard on our writing. Sure, our work can always be improved, but they’re not always as terrible as we tend to...
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chautauquajournal
Feb 4, 20181 min read
Moxie Submissions Open Feb. 15
Submissions for issue 16, Moxie, open on February 15! Check out our call for submissions (chautauqua.submittable.com), and send us some...
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Jooweon Park
Jan 14, 20182 min read
A Brief Interview Manual for Writers
A quick list of tips and tricks for conducting a successful interview.
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Philip Gerard
Nov 27, 20173 min read
Of Time and the Editor
Whenever I submit a story or essay to a journal, I feel a satisfying sense of expectation: smart people are about to read my words, and...
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Summer Hammond
Nov 21, 20173 min read
Self-Trust, or, sticking with your work even when it hurts!
From the time we enter school, we learn one lesson more powerfully than any other: mistakes are bad. This is often reinforced in our...
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Sarah Wall
Nov 14, 20173 min read
Q&A with Ross Gay
The final week of October was the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s eighteenth annual Writers Week. After a busy yet rewarding...
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chautauquajournal
Nov 13, 20173 min read
Chautauqua Announces 2017 Pushcart Nominations
Chautauqua, the literary journal of Chautauqua Institution, has nominated six contributors featured in Chautauqua 14: Invention and...
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William Clark Gayton
Oct 24, 20173 min read
Four Points of View
One of the most important tasks for a writer is choosing the point of view. The writer must ask who the narrator of the story is. Is the...
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