Category: Creative Process/Craft

My Supporting Character

I haven't always been like this. For 18 years I was a fully functioning member of my family. I was always present, always a part…

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Working and Waiting

Here they are, the two central tasks of the craftsman - working and waiting. These actions, one active and the other passive, are inseparable. No…

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Progressive Elaboration

There are two kinds of writers. One kind thinks about the story they are going to write. They think and think and think about the…

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That Last Page Melancholy

For the better part of four years I have offered you a post on writing, Dear Reader, every two weeks on Wednesday. I have not,…

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There Are Parts of It That Are Weak

I've seen it dozens of times, in my own work and that of my peers. After finishing three drafts of a story there are parts…

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