October 21, 2016
This is the latest in a series of posts on revision. It’s actually a rethinking of Antonya Nelson's great post about teaching creative writing by walking her students through how she writes a story (link is in the essay below). Matt Weinkam revises Nelson's revision model, building on its great potential. As always, if you’re interested in contributing to this series, email me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail ...
October 14, 2016
This is the latest in a series of posts on revision. It's a revision exercise meant to inspire a return to loving your novel. Rebecca Meacham responded to my post on 22 revision prompts. Her previous post (another revision exercise) in the series is here. As always, if you’re interested in contributing to this series, email me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.].
Rebecca Meacham’s flash fiction collection, Morbid ...
October 04, 2016
Editor Phong Nguyen has a new novel out today, The Adventures of Joe Harper. The Adventures of Joe Harper picks up where The Adventures of Tom Sawyer leaves off. Twenty years after plundering with Tom, Joe Harper is a failed pirate turned vagabond, wandering in search of the perfect cave in which to die. What he finds instead is a philosophizing Chinese railroad worker and an Amish woman fleeing a forced marriage―a ...
October 01, 2016
This is a continuation of my posts on teaching revision, most recently this one. If you’d like to contribute a guest post or response, please contact me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.].
ONE OF THE THINGS I've been thinking about is how grading can improve the workshop. No one seems to like grading students' creative writing itself, which I understand. But I've never found grading papers to improve papers, ...
