I have been thinking for a while about how our attempts to define craft terms influence our students’ (and our own) aesthetics, and I have wanted to try other definitions. The first post is here. – Pacing: modulation of breath When I first started writing, pacing...
I have been thinking for a while about how our attempts to define craft terms influence our students’ (and our own) aesthetics, and I have wanted to try other definitions. The first post is here. – Setting: awareness of the world Though it has somehow become common to...
I have been thinking for a while about how our attempts to define craft terms influence our students’ (and our own) aesthetics, and I have wanted to try other definitions. The first post is here. – Vulnerability: the real author’s stakes in the implied author I...
I have been thinking for a while about how our attempts to define craft terms influence our students’ (and our own) aesthetics, and I have wanted to try other definitions. The first post is here. - Relatability: is it clear how the implied author is presenting the...
This is the latest post in our creative writing pedagogy series. If you'd like to contribute, as always you can contact me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.] --Matt Salesses, Web Editor - As a student I was lucky enough to largely avoid page limits on workshop...
What Is Craft and What Does It Do, Part 1 Craft is a set of expectations. Craft is a history of power. In other words: history is craft. Craft is a lineage of whose stories are passed down and by whom, what kind of stories are on record. Craft is both much more and...
This is a continuation of my posts on teaching revision/revising teaching, specifically of the latest post on process. If you’d like to contribute a guest post or response, please contact me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.]. - In the spirit of teaching the writing...
This is a continuation of my posts on teaching revision/revising teaching, specifically of the latest post on process. If you’d like to contribute a guest post or response, please contact me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.]. - Recently I saw a question posed on...
This is a continuation of my posts on teaching revision. There are more revision prompts (not specific to flash fiction) here and in previous posts. If you’d like to contribute a guest post or response, please contact me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.]. - Why...