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The Art of Writing More than One Thing at Once
On children, writing, and the strange discipline of carrying more than one project in your head.
 • Meghan O'Rourke
Creating the Conditions for Deep Creativity
What does it take to write a book?
 • Meghan O'Rourke
The Uses of White Space
When form becomes avoidance.
 • Meghan O'Rourke
The Story of the Body, The Story of Time
Why some writers thrive on deadlines while others need playtime—and how we all have to invent our own relation to time.
 • Meghan O'Rourke
How to Revise a Personal Essay (and What is a Personal Essay, Really?
The kids are back to school, and it's time to write.
 • Meghan O'Rourke
How to Submit Work, Pitch, and Understand What You’re Pitching
Are you getting ready for open reading periods? This office hour post's for you.
 • Meghan O'Rourke
How to Edit Yourself, Weave Timelines, and Keep Going When You're Lost in the Middle
Structure is the writer’s most underrated tool. Here’s how I use index cards and detective fiction to help me edit my work.
 • Meghan O'Rourke
Meghan O'Rourke's Substack
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Essays about literature, the craft of writing, the body and illness, and other obsessions.
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