An Irbey Note GuidanceJames BuchananMay 8, 2020Samantha Irby, writing advice, routines, daily ritualsComment
Dorothy Allison: Glory and Writing Art, Guidance, Heart of Writing, Quotes, True ExperiencesJames BuchananNovember 24, 2019Dorothy Allison, writing advice, glory, Bastard out of CarolinaComment
Our Writing is Our Gift Art, Guidance, Heart of WritingJames BuchananOctober 7, 2019van Gogh, Brenda Ueland, writing advice, If You Want to WriteComment
A Murderer of Talent ca 1938 Art, Guidance, Heart of WritingJames BuchananOctober 2, 2019Brenda Ueland, writing advice, a murderer of talent, passionComment
The Hyper-Important Top Ten List of Why One Book Fails and Another Succeeds Business of Books, GuidanceJames BuchananFebruary 21, 2019The Orchard, Best Books, Why books succeed, writing adviceComment
You Won't Fucking Believe This... GuidanceJames BuchananMay 26, 2017Blink, Malcolm, Gladwell, writing advice, fictionComment
Very Good Dialogue Advice Dialogue, GuidanceJames BuchananNovember 11, 2015dialogue, writing advice, How to Write Dazzling Dialogue, James Scott BellComment
Anthony Doerr and the Home MFA Good Writing and Writers, Guidance, Heart of WritingJames BuchananOctober 27, 2015Anthony Doer, All The Light We Cannot See, writing advice, good writingComment
The Writer's Achilles Heel: Find it and Edit it Out GuidanceJames BuchananSeptember 24, 2015Writer's Achille's Heel, writing advice, editing, self-editingComment
Ann Beattie: Rock by Rock Good Writing and Writers, Guidance, StructureJames BuchananAugust 31, 2015Ann Beattie, road map, interview, writing advice, The New YorkerComment
Know When to Stop GuidanceJames BuchananJune 15, 2015John Steinbeck, write but don't finish, let the spring fill the well, Ernest Hemingway, Mary Karr, when to stop writing, writing adviceComment
William Zinsser Has Passed Good Writing and Writers, Guidance, InterviewJames BuchananMay 22, 2015William Zinsser, On Writing Well, writing adviceComment
Wendell Berry: How to be a Poet Good Writing and Writers, Guidance, PoetryJames BuchananMay 18, 2015poetry, poem, Wendell Berry, how to be a poet, writing advice Comment
Learning from Writers Better than Me Guidance, ArtJames BuchananApril 28, 2015Joan Didion, Paris Review, interviews, fiction, nonfiction, writing adviceComment
The BIG Promise The LedeJames BuchananMarch 9, 2015big promise, writing advice, intros, introductions, compellingwriting, Joyce Carol OatsComment
