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DON’T WRITE ALONE

At Catapult, we believe there’s a better—or at least less lonely—way to write. Here you’ll find writing resources, advice, job and fellowship opportunities, prompts and craft talk, and more.

Romance Week

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Don’t Write Alone | Notes On Craft

The Art of Romantic Tension

For our Romance Week series, novelist LaQuette shares essential lessons on building narrative tension by manipulating your characters’ goals, motivations, and conflicts.

Feb 13, 2023

Don’t Write Alone | Interviews

Publishing Is Finally Taking Romance Seriously—and Jasmine Guillory is Here For It

For our Romance Week series, Arriel Vinson interviews bestselling novelist Jasmine Guillory about the past, present, and future of the romance genre.

Feb 14, 2023

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Don’t Write Alone | Shop Talk

Should I Self-Publish My Romance Novel?

For our Romance Week series, Bryn Donovan breaks down the pros and cons of self publishing as a romance writer.

Feb 14, 2023

Try a Catapult Class

Catapult online classes: Tara Campbell, 12-Week Speculative Fiction Intensive: Revising Reality, Fiction, Intensive

Online | Fiction | Intensive

12-Week Speculative Fiction Intensive: Revising Reality

Photo of Rachel Vorona Cote with the cover of "Too Much"

Online | Nonfiction | Seminar

6-Week Nonfiction Seminar: Writing for Public Discourse

Rachel Vorona Cote

Catapult online classes: Jenessa Abrams, 6-Week Online Nonfiction Workshop: Book Reviewing Through a Social & Political Lens, Nonfiction, Workshop

Online | Nonfiction | Workshop

6-Week Online Nonfiction Workshop: Book Reviewing Through a Social & Political Lens

Photo of Lillian-Yvonne Bertram with the covers of "How Narrow My Escapes" and "Travesty Generator"

Online | Open-Genre | Independent Study

Independent Study: Preparing Your MFA Application

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

Photo of Courtney Maum with the cover of "Before and After the Book Deal"

Online | Publishing | Independent Study

Independent Study: The Book Deal Toolkit

Catapult online classes: Rachel Kincaid, 3-Week Nonfiction Seminar: Theory & Practices of Exploratory Writing, Nonfiction, Seminar

Online | Nonfiction | Seminar

3-Week Nonfiction Seminar: Theory & Practices of Exploratory Writing

Catapult online classes: Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda, 4-Week Translation Workshop: Intro to Japanese Literary Translation, Translation, Fiction, Reading Group

Online | Translation, Fiction | Reading Group

4-Week Translation Workshop: Intro to Japanese Literary Translation

Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda

Photo of Cinelle Barnes with the covers of "Monsoon Mansion" and "Malaya"

Online | Fiction, Nonfiction | Independent Study

Independent Study: Outlines & Visual Aids to Generate or Revise Prose

Recently Published

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What Is Book Production?

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As a Writer, I Let Astrology Guide Me (Up to a Point)

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Reading Recommendations for Aspiring Romance Writers

Writing Prompts

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Don’t Write Alone | Free Write

On Writing Into Your Fears and Anxieties

We as people, especially those of us with anxiety disorders, spend a great deal of time playing the “what if” game. We are, in a way, already playing with fiction. Why not channel our imaginations and extend our “what ifs” to the page?

Jan 18, 2023

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Don’t Write Alone | Free Write

Writing the Big Reveal in Romance

For our Romance Week series, instructor and novelist Bryn Donovan shares an exercise that will help you explore internal conflict between your romance protagonists.

Feb 13, 2023

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Don’t Write Alone | Free Write

First Comes Love, Then Comes the Subplot

For our Romance Week series, novelist Sonya Lalli offers a writing exercise on how to strengthen the romantic subplots in your work.

Feb 16, 2023

Catapult | short stories

Best Debut Short Stories 2022 edited by Yuka Igarashi and Sarah Lyn Rogers

Catapult | nonfiction

Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses

Catapult

Body Work by Melissa Febos

Catapult | Creative Writing | Criticism | Reference

Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Alison

Catapult | anthology

A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home

Catapult | nonfiction

Before and After the Book Deal by Courtney Maum