Writing Advice – Craft & Process
Collecting the posts I’ve written about the craft and process of writing
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9:55 in the Food Court
Some days it sucks you in, the magic of this writing gig,…
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Experimenting with a New Writing Routine
I’m bedding in some new routines at the moment, trying to figure…
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Endings and Hard Decisions
The interesting thing about writing is the sheer amount of craft that…
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Going Back to Primary Sources
I’ve spent a large chunk of my life teaching principles from E.M.…
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Some Reasons I’m Excited To See What Happens With Series Fiction Over The Next Ten Years
I started a new story this week, the first in a series…
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Getting Shit Done is Always Subjective
If there’s a pattern in my writing routine that remains unassailable, it’s…
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On Loving What You Write
New writers are often told to ignore the market and focus on…
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The Black Dahlia
The first major sequence in James Ellroy’s The Black Dahlia revolves around a boxing…
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Crazier, Faster, Better
I started April full of confidence. I had a plan for a…
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CS Pacat on how to rock the Aaron Sorkin approach to dialogue
I was going to show up here and write a long post…
