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Recommended by Observables

Written by Audrey Knox, a former Film & TV Literary Manager, this newsletter is a manual on how to build a career as a professional screenwriter. New chapters published every Friday.

Tangible takeaways.

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poem is the rain

By Shannon Bramer

poems, plays, secrets, sorrows

Fill your heart with whimsy.

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Mixtrixx Of Fear

By SnowGigglesAK

Speculative and Horror fiction

Pod the North

By Kattie

Canadian podcast discovery and ecosystem commentary

Cup of Stars

By Carmen Maria Machado

Inconstant essays, nostalgia, big feelings, writing thoughts, food, rage.

For Dear Life with Maggie Smith

A newsletter about writing & other things that make this life dear—from the poet, not the dame

Good Enough

By Natalie Davey

From the desk of a teacher (turned academic, turned writer): Teaching, learning and link-making beyond the classroom.

In Pursuit of Clean Countertops

By Sara Petersen

Unpacking my obsession with momfluencer culture to destroy the myth of the perfect mama.

Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe

The internet’s most intimate, illuminating interviews with today’s greatest writers—get an in-depth look into the craft of writing and what it means to be a heart-centered human in a hard world.

Enjoy Jane's fabulous interviews that let you into the minds of the most generous and talented folk. So many nuggets gleaned.

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five things with Sasha Singer-Wilson

On creativity, curiosity, climate, motherhood & emergence.

Musings on the Spiritual Journey

By Alan Davey

Writing about the spiritual life from a Christian perspective.

Helps me stop and be reflective.

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Reframeables Podcast and Newsletter

By Reframeables newsletter

A podcast and newsletter from two writer-sisters with soft boundaries. We serve up creative conversations with the best artists and thinkers to make us better. Always looking for fresh perspectives.

Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

Gentle wisdom around the craft of writing.

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Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Send My Love to Anyone

By Kathryn Mockler

A newsletter on all things writing where Kathryn Mockler writes about the writing process & other troubles & invites guests to share their work.

Kathryn is witty and wise and always elevating others! You want to know her!

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The Audacity.

By Roxane Gay

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.

Ask Polly

By Heather Havrilesky

Advice and wisdom from Heather Havrilesky, published since 2012 (formerly at The Awl and NY Magazine). Paid subscribers receive 1-2 weekly posts on how to navigate our broken world with compassion, realism, and an open heart.

Abortion, Every Day

By Jessica Valenti

All things abortion. Feminist commentary & community.

Feminist commentary and community.

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