Category: Qualities of Good Fiction
On November 30th, at Butler University I had the privilege of hearing Eric Freeze read from his collection of stories called Invisible Men. During the…
Read MoreIn the preface to his book Jerusalem, Simon Sebag Montefiore states, "I have tried to avoid teleology – writing history as if every event were…
Read MoreI know that I've written on this in at least one other post, but it is fundamental, so I trust you'll humor me. Yesterday I…
Read MoreIn 1955, Georges Simenon said the following to the Paris Review*. "...Instead of writing just the story, in this chapter I tried to give a…
Read MoreHere are two sentences: A. The man stood in front of me holding the gun. B. The veins in his neck bulged as he stood…
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