May 30, 2023 | Craft
In The Art of Fiction, John Gardner writes (p. 36): “[…] the organized and intelligent fictional dream that will eventually fill the reader’s mind begins as a largely mysterious dream in the writer’s mind.” Writers are courageous dreamers. It takes courage...May 24, 2023 | Craft
We live in a culture that teaches us we are not enough (ever) and that instructs us to be inauthentic—to create a fictional character of ourselves. Just take a look at your social media feeds. Dr. Brené Brown (social researcher and author of POWER OF VULNERBILTY) says...May 15, 2023 | Craft
I had the pleasure to interview and chat with two favorite comedic authors, Abbi Waxman & Maria Semple. I reached out to ask them about their writing process and more specifically about how they approach narration and POV challenges. Their answers are now...May 13, 2023 | Craft
When we begin writing a story, things are often foggy and unclear. We know that we don’t know something but are not sure what that is—what we do or don’t understand about our story. So, we write to discover something, and that something has to be meaningful. Meaning...