Influence has an important role in your writing. As you understand and work with different styles and influences, you’ll learn how to find your own voice. This is part eight of a 10-part series on style and voice. Writers in the Story Course and the Story Intensive can determine their writing style by taking the… [Read More]
How to make the next book you read a bespoke writing class.
Once in a while we are lucky enough to read something that feels astonishing, brilliant and personally meaningful. When we finish reading, we have to take a minute to integrate the experience. We savour the feeling the writing has left in our body, and try to hold on to the insights it gave us. We… [Read More]
Are you a Visceralist?
Influence has an important role in your writing. As you understand and work with different styles and influences, you’ll learn how to find your own voice. This is part eight of a 10-part series on style and voice. Writers in the Story Course and the Story Intensive can determine their writing style by taking the… [Read More]
Get rid of that jerk!
Lynda Barry said to me once, imagine you’re sitting at a bar, writing something new, and this guy comes up to you, looks over your shoulder, and says, “Ugh, that sentence sucks.” He takes a drink, watches you write some more, and then says, “Your dialogue is really flat, too. You know, you shouldn’t bother… [Read More]
Are you an Intimate Orator?
Influence has an important role in your writing. As you understand and work with different styles and influences, you’ll learn how to find your own voice. This is part seven of a 10-part series on style and voice. Writers in the Story Course and the Story Intensive can determine their writing style by taking the… [Read More]
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