Stephen King famously said: “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write.” Whether you’re striving to improve your craft or aim pitches better, here are 10 newsletters to add to your reading list.
- Chip in Your Inbox: Every week, writing coach Chip Scanlan provides lessons and insights about writing in this newsletter.
- Craft Talk: This weekly newsletter on writing and publishing is an extension of the #1000wordsofsummer project from New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg.
- The Freelance Beat: This newsletter — comprising blog content from Chicago-based freelancer Tatiana Walk-Morris — offers advice for freelance journalists seeking to get published.
- Memoir Monday: A collaboration among Catapult, Granta, Guernica, Narratively, The Rumpus and Literary Hub, this newsletter delivers the best creative nonfiction to your inbox once a week.
- Nieman Storyboard: From Harvard’s Nieman Foundation, this newsletter dives into the craft of narrative nonfiction across all platforms.
- Notes: This monthly newsletter on Dana Sitar’s advice to “keep editors happy” comes with her free guide, “How to Write Anything (Well).”
- Opportunities of the Week: Journalist Sonia Weiser explores pitching opportunities for freelancers in this newsletter. (Read our previous Q&A with Weiser on the Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund.)
- The Reading: This newsletter from writer and critic Yanyi answers reader questions on craft and covers topics like writing about identity.
- What It Is I Think I’m Doing: In addition to “cultural criticism,” author Kaitlyn Greenidge interviews other writers in this Substack newsletter.
- The Write Life: This bi-monthly newsletter includes writing resources and advice for writers at all levels.