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A sentence clinic
getting out the magnifying glass...
Elizabeth Gaffney
Mar 24
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Stories within Stories
Is a play the thing? Or maybe an anecdote?
Elizabeth Gaffney
Mar 16
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Gallows Humor
A joke that occurs in dangerously close proximity to horrors can sometimes seem tasteless or insensitive, but gallows humor has a powerful ability to…
Elizabeth Gaffney
Mar 9
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February 2023
Unblocking
In a recent Thursday Craft Conversation at the 24-Hour Room Lounge, we talked about unblocking, and people shared many strategies. My belief is that any…
Elizabeth Gaffney
Feb 2
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Unblocking
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December 2022
The End
Whether you've finally reached the end of your book, or you are just at the beginning, or you're bogged down in the middle of things, or you have no…
Elizabeth Gaffney
Dec 16, 2022
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Nail Your Opening
The first page of your book or story is essential, arguably as important as the entire remainder, since it determines whether readers will read on. What…
Elizabeth Gaffney
Dec 8, 2022
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Literary Mood Board
create a self-guided tour to internal coherence
Elizabeth Gaffney
Dec 1, 2022
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November 2022
Editing Dialogue
compression and building reader agency
Elizabeth Gaffney
Nov 23, 2022
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Body Language
using action to define character
Elizabeth Gaffney
Nov 17, 2022
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Body Language
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Points of View
narrators and personae
Elizabeth Gaffney
Nov 10, 2022
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Less or More?
world building that builds reader agency
Elizabeth Gaffney
Nov 3, 2022
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Less or More?
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October 2022
Misbeliefs and Self Deceptions
fulcrums for change
Elizabeth Gaffney
Oct 28, 2022
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