Archive - Engines of Narrative: Craft Notes from The 24-Hour Room

Radical Editorial Empathy

how to give feedback

Jun 23, 2023 •

Elizabeth Gaffney

purging internal clichés

May 8, 2024 •

Elizabeth Gaffney

A sentence clinic

getting out the magnifying glass...

Mar 24, 2023 •

Elizabeth Gaffney

can art save lives?

Jun 9, 2023 •

Elizabeth Gaffney

Processing Feedback

how to handle the help you're given

Feb 23, 2024 •

Elizabeth Gaffney

or a story, or a memoir

May 11, 2023 •

Elizabeth Gaffney

Oblique Strategies

Can Literature Change This World?

Nov 14, 2024 •

Elizabeth Gaffney

and

Stephanie Mankins

How to Follow a John Gardner Prompt without Mentioning a Barn

Feb 8, 2024 •

Elizabeth Gaffney

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

Jun 4, 2024 •

Elizabeth Gaffney

Working Annotated Table of Contents

a scaffold to hold up — and help you to keep tabs on — your work-in-progress

Nov 3, 2023 •

Elizabeth Gaffney

Pacing and Time

Some thoughts on the difference between Narrative Time and Duration

Apr 30, 2024 •

Elizabeth Gaffney

sonets & sonatas & oceans & branches

Jun 16, 2023 •

Elizabeth Gaffney

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