Category: Role of the Writer

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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You Are In No Position

"You are your own worst critic." This is assumed to mean that you are harder on yourself and on what you produce than anyone else.…

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English Grammar – Principles and Facts

Confession: I know/remember little about English grammar. Like math, I think any of the grammatical structures I learned in my formative years have since leached…

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The Writer and I Know Very Little

There are many ways in which the work of crafting fiction is very different from living life. One of these is in the following adage…

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