alan watt on writing
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All writing carries something of the writer within it, but few forms are as intimate as the stories we tell...
In simple terms, storytelling consists of three things: the beginning, middle, and end. However, this basic structure can often hide...
Writing is an act of magic. Out of thin air you’ve conjured something and put it onto the page. People...
Magical realism invites the impossible into the ordinary. This genre asks us to accept the fantastical without question. The supernatural...
How many words long should your novel be? The short answer is . . . as long as it needs...
There’s no rhythm without some repeated notes. Certain literary and rhetorical devices are so ingrained in how we speak and...
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