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Topic: Writers and Writing (page 10)

Ian McEwan (Reuters/Nir Elias)

Sneaky author tricks

Laura Miller

Alex Halperin
(Zach Trenholm/Salon)

I froze up in the writers room

Cary Tennis
(Zach Trenholm/Salon)

How to become a writer?

Cary Tennis
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Alex Halperin
Sam Zell (AP/M. Spencer Green)

Invest in readers, not MFAs

Laura Miller
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=5180557'>juhy13</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

Too embarrassed to be sexy?

Laura Miller

Alex Halperin
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My past keeps me from writing

Cary Tennis

Alex Halperin
(Zach Trenholm/Salon)

How do I start writing poems?

Cary Tennis
Clockwise from top left, Junot Díaz, Amber Dermont, Nathan Englander, George Saunders (T.w.meyer)

There's no short-story boom

Laura Miller
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Do characters express theme?

Cary Tennis

Alex Halperin
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-110282993/stock-photo-typewriter.html?src=csl_recent_image-2'>Vudhikrai</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon/Benjamin Wheelock)

I wrote my way to true love

David Henry Sterry
(Zach Trenholm/Salon)

How to write a novel

Cary Tennis
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Divorce from my best friend

Dina Nayeri
(Zach Trenholm/Salon)

Grad school to social work

Cary Tennis
(Nina Subin)

Stalked by a student

Laura Miller

Alex Halperin
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I love an angry heroin addict

Cary Tennis

Alex Halperin
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-732172p1.html'>Jan Mika</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Going off meds to write a book

Juliann Garey

Anna Blundy, The Browser - The Browser
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