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Month: July 2010

Chapter Openings

Objects + Conflicts = Story Think of chapters as a chain reaction. The first mover doesn’t have to be revealed … More

Details, Exercises, Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Novels, Short Stories

GoodReads Review of Rick Steves’ “Travel as a Political Act”

Travel as a Political Act by Rick Steves My rating: 4 of 5 stars When one of my teaching mentors … More

Culture, El Salvador, Ethnic Politics, Europe, Morocco, Non-fiction, Travel, Turkey

Review: “The Gettysburg Review” Summer 2010 Fiction

By Rio Liang As you try to beat the summer heat, find some solace in the four “cool” fiction pieces … More

andrew peery, Fiction, jacob m. appel, jay neugeboren, Literary Journals, reid menees wegner, Short Stories, the gettysburg review

Considering Your Critiques

An excellent rubric saved from graduate school at Saint Mary’s College of California’s Fiction, Creative Writing Program, originally distributed in … More

Critiques, Exercises, Fiction, Non-fiction, Novels, Short Stories, Workshop

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