The Workshop Fiction Wars I
Okay, so I didn't make up the term "workshop fiction..."read more
View ArticleTimothy McSweeney Against the World
I run hot and cold on McSweeney's, although they are one of the more interesting indy presses out there.This morning I read FEEDBACK FROM JAMES JOYCE'S SUBMISSION OF ULYSSES TO HIS CREATIVE-WRITING...
View ArticleWorkshop Fiction Wars 2: n+1 and the doomed short story
Is the short story dead? Is n+1 run by snobs living over-the-top, trustafarian life styles? Read on to find out.read more
View ArticleWhy I Hate Short Stories: A Short Article on Why Short Fiction is Short on...
I don't like short stories. I have never made this a secret. There is the occasional writer like Mark Twain, Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges or Gabriel Garcia Marquez who writes short stories that I...
View ArticleWhy I Love Short Stories
I love the short story form. Unlike JF Quackenbush, Flash Fiction always feels incomplete to me, like an appetizer without a main course. And I love novels, but sometimes an idea can and should be...
View ArticleThe Open Sentence: A Statement Masquerading as a Manifesto
I say this now because as I'm continuing to write my extended, in depth criticism of Atlas Shrugged, there are going to be times when the close reading will require the engagement of aesthetic rather...
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