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My Mom & The Point, A Critical Essay (With Diagrams!)

My Mom & The Point, A Critical Essay (With Diagrams!)

Austin O'Rourke Austin O'Rourke
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She’s an excellent storyteller. Seriously. She understands which narration styles work, and which don’t, better than anyone I know. That’s what makes her so dangerous.

Writers In Conference: The Micro-Tension Of A Pause

Writers In Conference: The Micro-Tension Of A Pause

Porter Anderson Porter Anderson
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A writers’ conference becomes an Indian summer camp in the strange, colorful pause between seasons at Salem, Massachusetts. Authors at Writer Unboxed’s Un-Conference are in a sort of bubble in time, like the weather, this week.

If You’re Teaching Novel-Writing, Get Out Of My Face About Film

If You’re Teaching Novel-Writing, Get Out Of My Face About Film

Porter Anderson Porter Anderson
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Don’t come at me with what you say are examples of novel-craft that start, “Remember in that movie when Tom Hanks…”

Why I Write In The Second Person

Why I Write In The Second Person

Ryan O'Connell Ryan O'Connell
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By saying “you” instead of “I”, I could be more revealing without bringing too much of myself into the piece. Since I didn’t have enough confidence to stand behind the things I was saying, I needed someone else (the reader) to endorse my thoughts and feelings.

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