"I love my writer friends," Jami Attenberg, A&S '93, tells me during a Zoom call in October. This isn't news to the tens of thousands of people who regularly read her weekly "Craft Talk" Substack ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. There was something about 1000 Words that immediately made my palms slick. I opened ...

Writers who work on children’s books or are looking for a unique challenge might be intrigued by Cleartext, a barebones text editor for Macs that doesn’t allow you to use anything other than the 1,000 ...

One of the secrets of the most successful bloggers is that they are prolific. Writing 1000 words a day is like brushing their teeth. It’s just part of a morning routine. While it may sound like a lot, ...

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