The Scoop is a literary interview series where I talk to authors about their writing, their lives, their passions, and everything else over ice cream. Though I will talk to authors promoting new books, I intend to interview a lot of writers who are outside the Promotional Window—as they’re working silently on their next projects, when they’re thinking deeply about craft and ideas and scenes and characters soon-to-be-cut. All the writerly aspects of being a writer.
Who is a writer when they’re not promoting a book? How does it feel to return to the page day after day between books? And why does the practice of writing receive so little attention compared to the product? Subscribe to get the scoop.
Alex McElroy is the author of THE ATMOSPHERIANS out now Atria books. They have published other work in The Cut, BuzzFeed, GQ, The Guardian, Harper's Bazaar, & elsewhere.
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