This week, host June Thomas talks to Charlie Jane Anders, author of many novels and a new book of writing advice, Never Say You Can't Survive. In the interview, Charlie Jane offers tons of detailed writing tips and explains how escaping into fictional worlds can help people endure hard times.\xa0\nAfter the interview, June and co-host Rumaan Alam discuss some of Charlie Jane\u2019s writing tips, and then Rumaan talks about his recent profile of author Jason Reynolds, which was published in the New Yorker.\xa0\nSend your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675.\nPodcast production by Cameron Drews.\nIf you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Big Mood, Little Mood\u2014and you\u2019ll be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices