Writers don't need formulas; they need encouragement to take risks. The Lab offers a bold, hands-on approach, urging writers to embrace uncertainty, experiment with form, and investigate what haunts them.

The Lab features ten chapters and ninety exercises challenging writers to play with fiction, memoir, and poetry--or push toward hybrid or entirely new forms.

This is a book for those ready to dig deep and write fearlessly.

Author: Matthew Clark Davison, Alice Laplante
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 07/22/2025
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.11h x 7.10w x 1.06d
ISBN: 9780393866681