Today, Lori is interviewing Jinwoo Chong. They’ll be talking about themes of loss and disconnection and how they relate to his book Flux. Have you signed up to be a…
…hasn’t prevented authors from exploring the concept of “fate versus free will” in their stories. If anything, it prompts writers and readers alike to try to unravel it. So let’s…
…from the bottom up: identifying specific stories, insights, or ideas, and then generalizing the principles inherent in these specifics to bigger concepts, strategies, and themes. It can be inefficient but…
…her stories, exploring themes such as death and grief, domestic violence, and socio-economic disparities. With a mission to write thought-provoking and entertaining literature, she often includes magic and fantastical settings….
…in. “South Africa. Where I was born.” My answer summons Mama’s stories, stories that send us soaring back in time to when I was a baby. Out my window. Down…
…I plan to use some of the assignments in a class I created on hybrid stories of place. Now I have a more complete resource to draw from in developing…
…is to write well and true, to make art, to move reader’s and maybe change lives Another is this: All change, arguably, comes from stories. Stories move us Here’s one…
…feels familiar is the way so many of these stories just exist on the page. This terrible frightening damaging thing happened, the end. It’s irksome not to have these stories…
…interactions, as well. These small signatures in language and body can help inspire how you write characters in stories, and how they respond to others and the circumstances they’re in….
…writers, we can also do the same with our author platforms, using stories to connect with our readers. Now, I don’t need to sell you on the idea that stories…
