Archive - small thoughts

I tried to integrate everything I read or heard into a Grand Unified Understanding of Craft — but, as I slogged through drafts, I found there is no…

Sep 17, 2022

June 2022

mostly other people's collected thoughts

Jun 20, 2022

December 2021

Dear Friends, When I first dreamed up this newsletter in late summer, I had grand ambitions: I would read a novel just for this newsletter every month …

Dec 4, 2021

August 2021

thoughts on narrative structure ("Meander, Spiral, Explode" and "Cannery Row")

Aug 19, 2021

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Aug 12, 2021

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