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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.

Conversations

Cover Photo: On the left is the cover of the novel The Lifestyle, which has an illustration of a woman talking to two men. On the right is the author, Taylor Hahn, smiling and looking at the camera.

Don’t Write Alone | Interviews

Taylor Hahn Writes Comedy From a Place of Tension

Crystal Hana Kim interviews Taylor Hahn about her new novel, learning to write in law school, and subverting the jokes about the swinging lifestyle.

Crystal Hana Kim

Jun 14, 2022

Don’t Write Alone | Interviews

Peter Ho Davies Believes Revision Is a Mindset

In this interview, Ruth Joffre talks with Peter Ho Davies about his craft book ‘The Art of Revision,’ how to interpret feedback, and how to navigate the pressures of publishing.

Jun 15, 2022

Cover Photo: A photograph of Michelle Hart, standing in front of a body of water and looking at the camera. To her left is the cover of her novel, "We Do What We Do In the Dark."

Don’t Write Alone | Interviews

Michelle Hart Is Queering the Campus Novel

In this interview, Michelle Hart discusses her debut novel, ‘We Do What We Do in the Dark’; the art of the flashback; and how ceding your power can be very hot.

Jun 21, 2022

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Catapult online classes: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Independent Study: Preparing Your MFA Application, Open-Genre, Independent Study

Online | Open-Genre | Independent Study

Independent Study: Preparing Your MFA Application

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

Catapult online classes: Courtney Maum, Independent Study: The Book Deal Toolkit, Publishing, Independent Study

Online | Publishing | Independent Study

Independent Study: The Book Deal Toolkit

Catapult online classes: S. Brook Corfman, 5-Week Online Workshop: Understanding the Prose Poem, Poetry, Workshop

Online | Poetry | Workshop

5-Week Online Workshop: Understanding the Prose Poem

S. Brook Corfman

Catapult online classes: Carolyn Kellogg, 4-Week Fiction Seminar: Reading as a Critic, Fiction, Seminar

Online | Fiction | Seminar

4-Week Fiction Seminar: Reading as a Critic

Carolyn Kellogg

Catapult online classes: Gauri Awasthi, 5-Week Poetry Workshop: Decolonizing Poetry, Poetry, Workshop

Online | Poetry | Workshop

5-Week Poetry Workshop: Decolonizing Poetry

Catapult online classes: Megan Milks, 4 Weeks of Reading New Queer & Trans Lit as Writers, Fiction, Nonfiction, Reading Group

Online | Fiction, Nonfiction | Reading Group

4 Weeks of Reading New Queer & Trans Lit as Writers

Catapult online classes: Hubert Adjei-Kontoh, 4 Weeks of Reading as Writers: The Black Expatriate Tradition, Fiction, Nonfiction, Reading Group

Online | Fiction, Nonfiction | Reading Group

4 Weeks of Reading as Writers: The Black Expatriate Tradition

Hubert Adjei-Kontoh

Catapult online classes: Danielle Lazarin, 2-Week Prose Seminar: Your Writing Practice Beyond Word Count & Workshop, Fiction, Nonfiction, Seminar

Online | Fiction, Nonfiction | Seminar

2-Week Prose Seminar: Your Writing Practice Beyond Word Count & Workshop

Danielle Lazarin

Where We Write

Cover Photo: A photograph of the writer's kitchen table, with her laptop on top, and her golden retriever tucked into a corner behind her chair

Writing in the Kitchen, in the Presence of Those I Love Most

Cover Photo: This photograph shows the desk that the writer describes, sitting next to a window which looks onto bright green leaves. The desk is stacked with piles of books.

Living as Though the World Were One Long Summer

Billy-Ray Belcourt

Cover Photo: Photograph courtesy of the author

Wherever I Am, I Write From a Place of Grief

Writing Prompts

Cover Photo: This illustration shows a variety of people standing with their hands to the sky. They are in black and white, but bright bubbles in different colors float away from them and skyward, as if being released.

Don’t Write Alone | Free Write

The Essay as a Form of Giving Up

One way to consider the essay is as a way to capture, study, and release back into the world a question or story that preoccupies you.

Jun 09, 2022

Cover Photo: This photograph is a close up of brightly colored bird feathers layered on top of one another--rich red, yellow, and blue, with hints of green.

Don’t Write Alone | Free Write

Sensory Detail and Setting Exercise

Whether you write fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, this writing exercise from Aatif Rashid will help you write lyrical sentences rich with sensory detail.

Jun 13, 2022

Cover Photo: In this photo, we are looking through a doorway at a cat, who is sitting in the kitchen.

Don’t Write Alone | Free Write

Write that Poem

What nuggets of life are you sharing that need poems? Write the poem about how your cat won’t leave you alone with help from this prompt by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram.

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

Jun 22, 2022

Catapult | fiction

Best Debut Short Stories 2021: The PEN America Dau Prize edited by Yuka Igarashi and Sarah Lyn Rogers

Catapult | nonfiction

Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses

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