Category: Qualities of Good Fiction

The Beholder’s Share*

The idea is this: part of the meaning or significance of a work of art is provided by the viewer. The viewer of the work,…

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Fire

I am finishing a late draft of my current long-form project. The setting of the story is agricultural, pre-electricity. The family uses open flame for…

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Quote and Comment, Bradbury

Read poetry every day of your life. Poetry is good because it flexes muscles you don’t use often enough. Poetry expands the senses and keeps…

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Percy’s Six Elements of Story: Delay Gratification and Withhold Information

[This is the sixth and final part in a series of posts started on December 2, 2020. We’re exploring Benjamin Percy’s foundational elements of story…

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Percy’s Six Elements of Story: Ticking Clock

[This is the fifth in a series of six posts started on December 2, 2020. We’re exploring Benjamin Percy’s foundational elements of story as found…

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