Category: Role of the Writer
In the preface to his book Jerusalem, Simon Sebag Montefiore states, "I have tried to avoid teleology – writing history as if every event were…
Read MoreIan 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…
Read MoreWhat 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…
Read MoreI'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),…
Read MoreLorin 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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