10 Rules for Writers by Janet Fitch Curiosities Edan Lepucki July 13, 2010 | 1 “Write the sentence, not just the story” is the first of ten rules for writers from Janet Fitch. The Millions' future depends on your support. Become a member today. Edan Lepucki is a staff writer and contributing editor for The Millions. She is the author of the novella If You're Not Yet Like Me, the New York Times bestselling novel, California, and Woman No. 17. She is the editor of Mothers Before: Stories and Portraits of Our Mothers As We Never Saw Them. Book Previews The Great Fall 2024 Book Preview Book Previews Editor October 3, 2024 | 14 min read ● ● Person to Person Ayad Akhtar Wants Writers to Reckon with AI Person to Person Ronald K. Fried November 14, 2024 | 6 min read ● ● Reviews The Radical Gaze of ‘The Braille Encyclopedia’ Reviews Patrick Parks November 12, 2024 | 5 min read ● ● Reviews Andrés Neuman’s Imaginative Studies of the Self Reviews Brendan Driscoll November 7, 2024 | 5 min read ● ● Lists Where 10 First-Time ‘McSweeney’s Quarterly’ Contributors Write Lists Editor November 4, 2024 | 2 min read ● ● Person to Person Jeff VanderMeer Returns to Area X Person to Person Elvia Wilk October 31, 2024 | 12 min read ● ● Book Previews 10 New Audiobooks for Fall 2024 Book Previews Robin Whitten October 29, 2024 | 3 min read ● ● Essays On Proust, Judd Nelson, and Some Other Things Essays Bryan Alistair Charles October 24, 2024 | 13 min read ● ● Person to Person This Bookstore Historian Sees Bookselling as Activism Person to Person Lenny Picker October 22, 2024 | 5 min read ● ●
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