A fourteen year archive of blogposts on the craft of writing fiction.
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Subscribe nowUpstage is a theater term. This is when one actor over-acts and pulls the attention of the audience to himself——regardless of the intended focus of…
Read MoreI am in the midst of draft 18 of my current novel. This is an administrative fact, but one that carries nuance. The term defined:…
Read MoreToday was the first day of class. My Intermediate Fiction creative writing class will meet twice weekly for the next eight weeks (taking a week…
Read MoreIf you read these blogposts regularly, you'll note there were no posts in September. It wasn't that I had nothing to offer or that I…
Read MoreThis Fall I'll be teaching creative writing at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana. I'll be teaching one course'ENG 3232 Intermediate Fiction'each Wednesday and Friday…
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