More revision prompts to add to https://pleiadesmag.com/teaching-revision-all-of-the-revision-prompts-so-far/ - I'm teaching revision again, this time for a senior thesis workshop, in which students are workshopping novels, plays, TV and webisode scripts, whatever...
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. - Plot: acceptance or rejection of consequences The way we typically...
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. How to define "tone," for example, seemed especially difficult. Here are some alternate...
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...
School is almost back in session, and the blog is back with some writing exercises meant to help students with various elements of craft. If you’d like to contribute a guest post or response, please contact me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.]. For...
Two years ago I wrote about the plot of the American novel and the importance of the inciting incident(s) in The Millions. This post is a rewriting of that essay, charting a certain understanding of the novel's plot from where I left it then to how I conceive of it...
This is a continuation of my posts on teaching revision, specifically this one and this one. If you’d like to contribute a guest post or response, please contact me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.]. Last week I wrote about revision versus drafting and the idea of...
This is a continuation of my posts on teaching revision. Earlier posts can be found here and here and here. The first 22 revision prompts are here. If you'd like to contribute a guest post or response, please contact me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.]. I finally...