TL:DR: Here’s the syllabus. (Links are clickable and they’ll get you to the “readings”, tutorials, etc.) This last semester I… Read more Digital Storytelling for Creative Writers
Category: craft
A Beginner’s Guide to Publishing
If you’re just here for the publishing handout and would prefer not to read my rambling lamentations about leaving teaching, here… Read more A Beginner’s Guide to Publishing
Fighting Title-Block
My FFC column this month is inspired by this post by Thomas Kearnes, where he discusses his five favorite and… Read more Fighting Title-Block
Describing Your First Person Narrator
Re-blogged from my monthly column over at Flash Fiction Chronicles. Among the challenges presented by writing in first person point… Read more Describing Your First Person Narrator
Fixed Form Narratives
Reposting this piece on Fixed Form Narratives from my monthly column over at Flash Fiction Chronicles. I have a new… Read more Fixed Form Narratives
Making Metaphor
First of all, very glad to even be able to type the word “metaphor” today. On Saturday, I poured a… Read more Making Metaphor
A Fiction Writer’s Guide to Poetry
I consider myself to be primarily a prose writer, but I have dabbled a bit in poetry. It’s fun. It’s… Read more A Fiction Writer’s Guide to Poetry
Dzanc Day! Dzig it!
I’m very happy to be co-leading a workshop for this year’s Dzanc Day, a day when writers, editors and teachers… Read more Dzanc Day! Dzig it!
How to Avoid Avoiding Plot
I wrote the brief craft essay below, about common traps that keep writers from writing well-plotted flash fiction, for Flash Fiction… Read more How to Avoid Avoiding Plot
Never Again & Word Choice
Doug Nufer’s book Never Again has only just come to my attention, despite being published in 2002 (apparently). As the title… Read more Never Again & Word Choice
