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“What are you going to do, Marcy?”
Short fiction from the vault, circa 2006-2010
Jul 29
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Ottessa Moshfegh
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Writing Advice #18: Rip-offs and Copycats
Bonus advice: How to use ChatGPT properly as a fiction writer--there's only one way!
Jul 22
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Ottessa Moshfegh
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Like Mud Pressed Through a Sieve
Freshman Year.
Jul 19
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Ottessa Moshfegh
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June 2025
"Is there any situation where it's okay to be pathetic?"
A Paid-Subscriber Chat, Now Unlocked and Free. And a pathetic first draft of EILEEN.
Jun 25
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Ottessa Moshfegh
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WRITING ADVICE #17. *SATIRE*
Back from a break.
Jun 12
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Ottessa Moshfegh
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Bad Bartending in Wuhan
Third and final installment of old writings from China circa 2005
Jun 3
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Ottessa Moshfegh
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May 2025
HOW TO WRITE A NYT BESTSELLER*
A Paid-Subscriber Chat, Now Unlocked and Free.
May 30
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Ottessa Moshfegh
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HOW TO WRITE A NYT BESTSELLER*
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"Blind Man's War"
My composition notebook from 1998
May 26
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Ottessa Moshfegh
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Valentina
Essay from the vault
May 26
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Ottessa Moshfegh
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HI FROM WUHAN: "Nothing Works!"
Unedited writings about my life circa 2003. Part One.
May 19
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Ottessa Moshfegh
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WRITING ADVICE #16: THE CRITICS.
Send your writing-related questions to: itsottessab@gmail.com. Each week I'll pick a question at random and answer it here.
May 13
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Ottessa Moshfegh
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HOW TO SHIT -- REVISITED
A decade ago, I wrote about how to write.
May 12
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Ottessa Moshfegh
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