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RUSSIAN, GO HOME
WHEN MY COUNTRY WENT TO WAR, I FACED A CHOICE: Flee to a world where the truth might kill me - or seek peace in censored oblivion.
A Long-Haul Writer’s Lament
Advice for Those at the Start
Daniel Willcocks
When Winter Comes; The Self-publishing Blueprint (Nonfiction books for authors, horror, and suspense fiction; Activated Authors [nonfiction]; Devil's Rock Publishing [fiction])
The 26" Annual 101 Best Websites for Writers
Creating this list is a yearlong project that involves an overwhelming number of bookmarked sites on our browsers. Th ere are so many great websites for writers—with more popping up practically daily—it’s no wonder this is still one of our most popular features aft er 25 years.
Better Story Structure Through Musicals and Kung Fu Movies
Build emotion and conflict for your characters and readers by taking a note from the structure of two popular storytelling forms.
FOR GIANT LIZARDS, PLEASE HOLD
The sounds of Slack have a secret history.
ONCE MORE WITH FEELING
For nearly 60 years, CABARET has transfixed-and shocked-audiences the world over. As Broadway welcomes a new revival starring Eddie Redmayne, MICHAEL RIEDEL discusses the musical's enduring power with Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Sam Mendes, and other keepers of the flame
THE KING'S Gambit
Margrethe II catapulted the Danish royal family to stratospheric heights of popularity. Her sometimes controversial son Frederik X faces a tougher road
Escalate Conflict to Keep Readers Turning Pages
Draw readers in through physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual conflict.
SO YOU WANT TO REWIRE BRAINS
There's a lot to like about brain-computer interfaces, those sci-fi-sounding devices that jack into your skull and turn neural signals into software commands. Experimental BCIS help paralyzed people communicate, use the internet, and move prosthetic limbs.
THE MYTH OF METAL
How I became a Python programmer - and learned to love our abstract world.
SOMETHING WICKED
Director Jon M. Chu originally thought unknowns would play Glinda and Elphaba in his adaptation of Wicked, but he had to settle for superstars: ARIANA GRANDE and CYNTHIA ERIVO. VF goes on set for an exclusive peek at the beloved musical's big-screen debut
BREAKINGIN
Debut authors: How they did it, what they learned, and why you can do it, too.
Can the Internet's Greatest Authenticity Machine Survive Wall Street?
When thousands of subreddits went dark in protest last summer, it exposed the tension at the core of Reddit - on the eve of the company's IPO. Now that synthetic media is flooding the internet, does the web's most reliably human forum represent a gold mine for investors, or an old-fashioned dumpster fire?
The Fateful Eight
THE STORY BEHIND THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL TECHNOLOGICAL PAPER IN RECENT HISTORY.
Conflict Avoidance
Setting expectations early in the author-editor relationship can prevent conflict and help manage emotions when the edits come in.
Hilarity With a Side of Heartbreak
Katie Love, first place winner of WD's 2023 Personal Essay Awards, shares how she walks the line between comedy and tragedy in her writing.
THE CONFESSIONS OF INIGO PHILBRICK
The wunderkind dealer personified the art market's wealth-generating potential and its unregulated excesses-until he pleaded guilty in what was the largest art fraud in US history. Now out of prison and \"wearing the scarlet letter,\" Philbrick is searching for a second act
The Unnerving Presence of Javier Bardem
He's known for playing fanatics and murderous psychopaths. In real life, he loves his wife (and Brad Pitt) and cries during E.T.
CRAZY-MAKING
Is gaslighting on the rise, or are or are you just imagining it?
THE DEVOURING NEON
Mesmerized by the music managers
FEAST MODE
The hottest table in France is an all-you-can-eat buffet in a local rec center.
HOPE
Vampire Weekend doesn't want your defeatist grousing
THE OLD PINBALL
\"The Who's Tommy\" returns.
VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED
Exploring the fateful expeditions of Captain Cook.
OPPORTUNITY COST
How Chinese students experience America.
OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PLEDGE
It’s National Environmental Awareness Month, and all of us at SaaxoAmco Petroleum Corp. are dedicated to using our powerful access and responsibility to insure that the Earth is a healthier and cleaner place for future generations.
Books – A Life More Ordinary
A father is resurrected by his children in Amitava Kumar's "My Beloved Life.”
Fiction – Bozo
The man stood in front of an arrangement of bottles and glasses.
Letter from Roraima – The Amazon Patrol
As mining devastates the rain forest, an armed environmental unit fights back.