getting out the magnifying glass...
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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…
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…
a generative, non prescriptive writing prompt
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…
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
Getting more specific about what drives your characters
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…
compression and building reader agency
Is a play the thing? Or maybe an anecdote?