Each issue offers a free weekly writing prompt tied to a monthly contest theme, plus calls to join daily silent writing sprints and enter paid contests. The newsletter is mostly promotional, with short prompts and little essayistic content in the sample.
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A Substack on the craft and practice of writing fiction and creative non-fiction, covering storytelling technique, grammar and punctuation, and the writing life. Issues combine practical advice with historical and literary context, organised into topic-based tool-kits.
A personal newsletter by novelist Alexander Chee featuring essays and letters on writing, residencies, travel, books and life as a working author. Issues also include answers to reader and student questions about the writing life.
A Substack by author Sherman Alexie featuring original poems, short fiction and essays, with some audio and video. Recent issues include personal poetry about aging, family, grief, fatherhood and faith.
Rebecca Makkai's Substack mixes writing craft advice, such as teaching and outlining novels, with humorous commentary on real estate listings, true crime, etymology and food. Readers get a witty, personal blend of practical writing tips and light cultural observation.
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