Category: Role of the Writer

  • A Writer Looking for a Story

    Ian McEwan recently told The Guardian his motivation for writing novels. "Ah, the dopamine moment is finishing them. It's, you know, when you're thinking you've…

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  • Alignment, Not Agreement

    What are we trying to do as writers of story, especially long-form story? I recently read an interview Joyce Cary gave to The Paris Review…

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  • About the Blurred Line

    I'm going to get a bit academic on you here. Bear with me. The post is only 433 words (including the footnotes and the title),…

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  • Then Lorin Stein Said

    Lorin Stein recently wrote the following in the New York Times Book Review: "There is a sound I hear in lots of 'literary' stories and…

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  • Another Mystical Consideration

    Following my last post, I've got one other mystical consideration for you as you work to live as a writer*. There needs to be attention…

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