Cross-Training
Both gaming and writing are practices in which past behavior is not the best predictor of future results.
Writing Life
Excavating My Voice After PhD Exams
I spent minutes just staring at the cursor blink at me: an infinite tally for the time I was wasting, a constant little wound scarring the page I couldn’t dare to fill.
The Whys and Whens of Having a Writer’s Website
Writers share their thoughts on creating and managing their personal websites.
On Writing About Place: Appalachia
How can we write against the generalities about places we’ve lived, especially Appalachia?
On Walking and Writing
How do we walk and wander our way to more inspired writing?
On Starting New Writing Projects
CR contributors O Thiam Chin, Frances An, Krista Eastman, Amy Sailer, and Nahal Suzanne Jamir share their experiences starting new writing projects, as well as the practical strategies and mental resets they use to propel themselves forward.
Writing Out the Doubt
What can readers gain from glimpsing poets hitting roadblocks or expressing a bit of doubt?
On Taking Breaks from Writing
How do writers decide when to take an intentional break? What keeps them connected to writing, if at all? What helps them return to writing?