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Stories All the Way Down by G. M. Baker

Stories All the Way Down by G. M. Baker

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Stories Are to Make Us Wise and Brave
Stop saying art is useless. Stories meet a basic biological need.
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Reading Stories vs. Studying Literature
Or, How Teaching Literature Ruins Reading
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The Pilgrim's Progress and the Hero's Journey
Not every story is Star Wars
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The Rise of Worldbuilding and the Decline of Literature
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Why Christian Fiction Always Seems Forced
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No, You Can't Learn History From Historical Fiction
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Would the Classics be Published Today?
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The Rise of Genre and the Fall of Story
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Fairytales are Not Fantasy
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Neuroscience Proves "Show Don't Tell" is Bunk
Creating a whole experience requires that we both Show and Tell.
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Reveal the Particular, Then Stop
Don't try to reveal the universal. It's too hard and it's not your job.
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Would the Classics be Published Today?
Or, why most writing advice is clear, actionable, and wrong
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What Makes Prose Good?
Can you separate good prose from good storytelling?
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Against the Novel of Ideas
I don’t like the novel of ideas.
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The Wanderer and the Way 27
This is Chapter 27 of The Wanderer and the Way, now available for purchase.
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Experience and Meaning in Fiction
Meaning doesn't mean what you think it means
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Stories All the Way Down by G. M. Baker
Stories All the Way Down by G. M. Baker
Exploring the serious popular novel in theory and practice.
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