How Fiction Works (book)

How to Make a Living as a Poet (book)

An essay on metaphor at poets.org

On how novellas might save literature in the Guardian

Another plug for novellas in Esquire's books blog

George Orwell’s essay "Why I Write" and his essay "Politics and the English Language," in which he offers up his six rules for writing

The Paris Review interviews

On poetry and improvisation in Fast Company