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The Checklist Manifesto: Writer's Edition
How a medical classic can help you revise & finish your book
 • Courtney Sender
On Ending Twice
A weird, perfect way to wrap your story
 • Courtney Sender
Tying together your book-length work
On the value of uninterrupted attention
 • Courtney Sender
The Atomic Material of Story
On Openings
 • Courtney Sender
On Lamination
Why do some books keep you on the outside?
 • Courtney Sender
On Permeability vs. Lamination
It's all about voice
 • Courtney Sender
Wading into the ether, Needing three notebooks: Two approaches to writing
The heady and the whimsical
 • Courtney Sender
Reading Recommendations: Holocaust Remembrance Day
Stories, essays, novels for the day
 • Courtney Sender
The Leap, Part 2
How do we re-invigorate ourselves for our work?
 • Courtney Sender
The Craft Lab for Writers
The Craft Lab for Writers
Weekly craft readings and discussions of the greats, selected by New York Times writer and former Yale creative writing professor Courtney Sender. Readable & listenable.
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