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Daily Writing Reflections: Details in Fiction
I spent another fifteen minutes working on my story. This was my third session. At the end of my second session, I finished sketching the general plot of the story (not that it was an intentional process, it just sort of happened). Today, I decided to return to the beginning and to try to flesh…
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Daily Writing Reflections: Practice for Writing Anxiety, Understanding Goals, and Possibilities for Imitation
I’m planning to start posting daily notes on my writing practice, my evolving personal theory of writing, and my aesthetic values. I hope they’ll stimulate some dialogue about writing with others, in turn deepening my understanding. These notes will not be polished; they’ll have a more conversational style and form. I write a lot throughout…
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A Writer’s Theme
In Brooks and Warren’s Understanding Fiction — a great book for writers — they posit that most great writers have one or two themes that they explore in great depth over their lifetimes. “A good writer does not offer us, for instance, a glittering variety of themes. He [sic] probably treats, over and over, those…
The Whale Belly 