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Writing about Writing: Dispatches on Craft, Process and Inquiry
By Robert Detman · Launched a year ago
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The Subtlety of Persuasion
Suspense and Surprise in Literary Fiction
Aug 2
The Alternative Lives of Writing
Staking it all, or not, on writing
Jul 27
A Long Ascent
On Hubris vs. Perseverance
Aug 9
Awakening a Calling
What Defines Identity
Jul 19
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The Survivor's Guide to Writing
An Analogy of Writing to the History Channel program "Alone"
Jul 12
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Seven Approaches to Writing a Long Work of Fiction
Methods to Achieving a Draft
Jul 6
The War Against Cliché
A Review of "Inside Story" (Martin Amis) "Leave Society" (Tao Lin) and "Novel 11, Book 18" (Dag Solstad)
Jun 29
Cultivating the Space for Writing
Thoughts on a Writing Practice
Jun 21
Short Stories and the Cultural Moment
I was thinking how story modes fall along roughly the same lines. What I mean by that is whatever your preoccupation: love, marriage, family…
Jun 15
What Makes a Successful Writing Career?
I seem to write this piece every six months or so, as I go into this space where I question why I write. This is after seemingly justifying it to myself…
Jun 12
Anticipation
I have built up my days with anticipation in this fraught season, with concerts, events, packages and visits. It is almost too much to get my mind…
Feb 13
Where Have You Gone?
I always wonder when it will come back to me. Or not quite. Like a friend I grew fond of who had departed by ocean liner, one day, unexpectedly, almost…
Jan 19
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