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YOUR VERY OWN DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS - or WHY YOU SHOULD READ BAD TO WRITE GOOD
SO MUCH OF WRITING FOR ME IS NOT LABORING TO PRODUCE GENIUS BUT FIGHTING TO PERSEVERE DESPITE THE WACKNESS OF MY OWN TALENTS
Nov 29, 2025
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MYSTERY: FICTION'S FAVORITE FORCE
To be radiant, fiction needs the canny and the uncanny. The Machine and the Spirit. Or put simply: Conflict and Mystery.
Nov 15, 2025
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BUILDING OUR STORIES THROUGH RELATIONAL FRAMES
The reason I had trouble figuring this simple problem out was that I kept coming at it as the writer, but it’s not really a problem that reveals itself…
Sep 28, 2025
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WHEN WE CONFUSE THE STEP FOR THE JOURNEY - or FINDING THE ALOFOKE FRAME OF MIND
WHEN YOU CONFUSE A STEP FOR A JOURNEY, THE STEP WILL ALMOST ALWAYS LOOK LIKE FAILURE
Sep 14, 2025
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THE WOUNDED DRAFT or MICHELANGELO'S MOLD
All books will, by their natures, resemble Emerson’s voyage of a hundred tacks and you need to be tack-wise, tack-patient, to persevere.
Aug 24, 2025
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BECOMING THE GOLD or NARRATIVE KINTSUKUROI
There is a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.
Aug 17, 2025
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THE SHORT STORY: A LOVE SUPREME
Compared to the novel, stories strike like life and end with its merciless abruptness
Aug 10, 2025
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