Nicole Zhu

Nicole Zhu

17
May

Issue 71: Writing towards a soul-driven beauty culture with Elise Hu

One of the first times I spoke with Elise Hu was when my sister and I interviewed her in 2017
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05
May

Issue 70: What AI means for writers

Ever since ChatGPT was announced at the end of last year, there has been a lot written about what AI
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21
Apr

Issue 69: Getting dialogue right is boring

Dialogue is one of the things I find most challenging in fiction because it can be hard to pinpoint what
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06
Apr

Issue 68: On literary labels: genre, style, and reading experience

I’ve been working on a new short story that’s experimental in its form. When I workshopped it at
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23
Mar

Issue 67: Receiving writing feedback

This is part two of a series focused on feedback. The first edition centered on defining and providing feedback. Today,
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08
Mar

Issue 66: Writing an honest graphic novel with Victoria Ying

I was excited to talk with Victoria Ying about her new YA graphic novel, Hungry Ghost, which follows teenager Valerie
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23
Feb

Issue 65: Providing writing feedback

I’m so excited to announce that I’m teaching my first writing class with Accent Society on March 11!
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09
Feb

Issue 64: Keeping a commonplace book

At the end of last year, I started a new creative habit: keeping a commonplace book. I first heard of
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26
Jan

Issue 63: A letter to your future self

On January 11, 2022, I wrote a letter to my future self, to be opened a year later. This was
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15
Dec

Issue 62: Concrete year end reflections

A few weeks ago, I was accepted to the 2023 Tin House Winter Workshop for short fiction! Then this past
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