Arnie Bernstein5 minRealities of Writing: the anti-Hallmark Movie TruthsThere are lots of romantic notions of what the writerly life entails, the kind of stuff promulgated by frothy fictions. My favorite...
Arnie Bernstein3 minClosing a Chapter By Recycling Your BooksLike many people, I’ve decided to downsize and divest myself of things I no longer need. Getting rid of outworn toasters or old clothes...
Arnie Bernstein7 minWriting Your Narrative Nonfiction Book: Part 3-The Writing ProcessIn Part I of this series we looked at how to find your story. Part II looked at how to do research. Now that you’ve gathered copious...
Arnie Bernstein6 minWriting Your Nonfiction Narrative Book: Part 2-The Research ProcessHere’s the second in our series of narrative nonfiction building blocks. This week we’re looking at research techniques, tips, and...
Arnie Bernstein5 minPoring Over Print: the 5k of Reading?Reading is hard. Seriously, reading is hard. I don't mean hard in the sense of working your way up and down the sometimes-impenetrable...
Arnie Bernstein6 minMy Life as a Fan (of Philip Roth)He was so deeply imbedded in my consciousness that for my first years of high school I seem to have believed there was no other writer...