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Nonfictional asides in novels, short stories in the middle of essay collections, and other literary conglomerations
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May 2024

What's Important?
on the Total Solar Eclipse and choosing story elements
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Revising 101
purging internal clichés
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April 2024

Pacing and Time
Some thoughts on the difference between Narrative Time and Duration
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February 2024

Processing Feedback
how to handle the help you're given
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Subtlety
How to Follow a John Gardner Prompt without Mentioning a Barn
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The Walk-Through
setting's not just about surfaces; it's about story
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December 2023

Tertiary Territory
minor characters can have major impact
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Keeping Time
without days and dates
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November 2023

Inspiration, Thanksgiving, Change
navigating (around) the truth, in memoir or fiction
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Pastiche
emulate your idols
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Working Annotated Table of Contents
a scaffold to hold up — and help you to keep tabs on — your work-in-progress
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