When we craft stories, essays or memoir, the “deeper” elements are the last thing on our minds. At least they should be. Concentrate on getting the story down, however rough around the edges. My opinion is that if you write the story deeply and honestly, the metaphors, themes, symbols (all that subtext!) will take care […]
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“The question of craft is the question of what flavors you want to create, what cuisine you are working in. If you bring these same ingredients to your work, you will come away with similar flavors” –Roy Guzmán , Poet What elements make a work of art what it is? In this series, we’ll dissect […]
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In her Sentence to Paragraph interview, Karen Thompson Walker talks about the way she sees openings, and how she works hard at making those first pages as flawless as possible to give the novel a foundation to stand on as things get messier along the way. Let’s take a look at the opening three paragraphs […]
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“Whatever traits you want the reader to remember need to be magnified and exaggerated, even if only a little bit.”
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“I had been neglecting to follow my story’s lead. I’d been so adamant about what I wanted my story to be that I’d ignored the signs of what it needed to be.”
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How can you turn up the pressure on the conflict dial in your stories? Learn some tricks from Wordcrafters’ Daryll Lynn Evans.
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