by Susan Sechrist
“I’m drawn to humor in the fiction I read. It gives the reader an out, some relief, to be able to laugh, often at something one wouldn’t want to be seen laughing at in real life.” Continue reading
by Susan Sechrist
“I’m drawn to humor in the fiction I read. It gives the reader an out, some relief, to be able to laugh, often at something one wouldn’t want to be seen laughing at in real life.” Continue reading
By Lisa Peet
There’s a process of shaving away details to make a news story short enough to fit the space it’s been assigned, and with every detail that’s cut, a little bit of nuance is lost. Continue reading
by Jessica Levine
I’ve found that the doubled structure is most likely to be successful when the later point in time has its own forward-moving story. . . . Thus, rule one for works with two time strands: each point in time must generate its own plot. Continue reading
by Shawn Vestal
The gap between the story’s events and the telling — omissions, limitations, manipulations of time, voice, the metaphorical landscape — comes to feel, at least to me, . . . like the essence of what literature is. Continue reading