The Engines of Narrative

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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…
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At the beginning of WG Sebald's The Rings of Saturn, the protagonist sets off on a solitary walk in the county of Suffolk. He walks for hours each day…
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a generative, non prescriptive writing prompt
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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…
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create a self-guided tour to internal coherence
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a short prompt with long legs
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narrators and personae
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Getting more specific about what drives your characters
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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…
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compression and building reader agency
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Is a play the thing? Or maybe an anecdote?
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