Hearth & Harrow is a newsletter that breaks down famous passages from literature and film to teach writing craft, such as using rhythm and brevity in a rally cry, building countdown suspense, and creating mystery through relatable details. Each issue walks through one technique and then offers the reader a short exercise to try.
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A poet and writer's newsletter mixing weekly curated reading links on politics and war with personal essays, craft talks and notes on his current poetry projects. Readers get reflections on identity, survivorship and the practice of writing poetry.
Kathy Fish shares monthly flash fiction craft articles and prompts, often close readings of published flash stories. Paid subscribers also get weekly posts and community writing events such as Write Together sessions and a month-long February writing event.
A writing-craft newsletter that explains how structure, emphasis and sentence-level choices shape readers' attention. Issues draw on film, grammar debates and personal revision experience to give practical writing advice.
Each week the newsletter picks the best-written books from US and UK new releases and prize shortlists, with excerpts and author interviews. It also publishes articles on prose style and AI writing, plus a satirical serial about David Lynch.
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