?Do your writing first thing in the morning.? How many times have you heard this advice? I first heard it in my MFA program from a guest lecturer, who encouraged us to always work on our writing before checking our email, Facebook, etc. As he explained, once you expose yourself to other voices, it?s much… Continue reading Adopting a Writing Discipline With Minimal Pain and Maximal?Pleasure
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Resisting closure in fiction
As a writer, I've always admired Joyce Carol Oates for her prolificness and ability to seamlessly shift through different genres. Reading her short story collection Heat for the first time, I'm truly inspired by her taut, concise writing, by the way her stories start on a mundane note of domestic everyday realities--house hunting, a woman… Continue reading Resisting closure in fiction