Craft Capsule: Writing With Limitations

The author of Martha Moody finds new strategies to sustain her creative life after suffering a head injury.
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The author of Martha Moody finds new strategies to sustain her creative life after suffering a head injury.
“Writers cannot afford the luxury of emotional numbness nor protective armor.” —Quiara Alegría Hudes, author of My Broken Language
“Do the hard stuff first.” —Kaitlyn Greenidge, author of Libertie
The author of Martha Moody recalls the challenge of finding language to describe her body.
“Eventually, like a banner, the imagination unfurls itself.” —Jo Ann Beard, author of Festival Days
The author of I Know You Know Who I Am writes about stashing his surplus sentences and character sketches in an electronic “junk drawer.”
“I write four hours or one thousand words a day, whichever comes first.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Committed
The author of I Know You Know Who I Am recalls his first attempt at writing a braided narrative.
“There were so many revelations I could only have reached through the process of putting memories on paper.” —Elizabeth Miki Brina, author of Speak, Okinawa
This week’s installment of Ten Questions features María José Ferrada and Elizabeth Bryer, the author and the translator of How to Order the Universe.