Wise advice from author Zadie Smith: Put your manuscript in a drawer until you become its reader rather than its writer. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Become Your Work’s Reader” Here’s some excellent...
For you writers toiling away at your day job, heed the advice of Zadie Smith: “Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied.” Wait, what? There has to be some satisfaction in this! Write to us about the...
The second edition of the Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus is chock-full of synonyms, of course, but what makes it special are the essays and usage notes by authors such as Simon Winchester, David Lehman, Zadie Smith, and David Foster...