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Fiction writing exercises, craft talk, and reading recommendations. Publishes monthly.
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Exercise #31: How to Not Stop Saying the Thing You Shouldn't Say
Chris Bachelder, Robert Boswell, Nicola Griffith, Adrienne Celt, Eugene Marten, Arkady Martine.
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Exercise #30: The Novel-Shaped Story II
Antoine Wilson, C.L. Clark, Jesse Ball, Blake Snyder, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jennifer Schuessler
Matt Bell
May 1
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Exercise #29: The First-Person Plural
Ayşe Papatya Bucak, Seth Fried, Shirley Jackson, John Gardner, Isaac Butler, Solmaz Sharif, Melissa Febos.
Matt Bell
Apr 1
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REFUSE TO BE DONE Launch Day! / Exercise #28: Mapping the First Draft
Jane Alison, Matthew Salesses, Blake Snyder, Philip Gerard, Ann Leckie, Alix E. Harrow, N.K. Jemisin, David Mitchell, Lance Olsen, Mark Twain, Cormac…
Matt Bell
Mar 8
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Exercise #27: Audience and Intent
Matthew Salesses, Claire Vaye Watkins, Octavia E. Butler, Jim Shepard, Sarah Blake, Jonathan Lethem.
Matt Bell
Mar 1
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Exercise #26: Not-Outlines for the Half-Known World
Robert Boswell, Rachel Yoder, Lauren Groff, Lincoln Michel, Cinderella, Game of Thrones, Jane Austen, Spider-Man, Miciah Bay Gault, Brian K. Vaughn…
Matt Bell
Feb 2
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Exercise #25: Seeking Joy in Superfluous Worldbuilding
Ursula K. Le Guin, Lincoln Michel, It's a Wonderful Life, Star Wars, Lauren Groff, Dana Spiotta, Rachel Yoder.
Matt Bell
Jan 1
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Exercise #24: Édouard Levé's Stochastic "Plots"
Édouard Levé
Matt Bell
Dec 1, 2021
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Exercise #24: Édouard Levé's Stochastic Anti-Plots
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