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Category: Little Debauches

Negative One Drafts and Revision as Rejection

By Your Salonniere At negative one draft, meaning the number of drafts that have come to fruition has been too … More

Character, Critiques, Details, Drafts, Exercises, Fiction, Memoir, Narratives, Novels, Outlines, Reading, Rejection, Revision, Short Stories

Tell me about the last person you kissed; or getting to know your characters, every hurt, flaw, and mistake

By Your Salonniere Found on Tumblr by heroineoftheperipheral, these questions seem like excellent ways to know your characters better. Perhaps … More

Character, Exercises, Fiction, Memoir, Narratives, Protagonist, Voice, Writer's Life

Writing Exercise: Using the template of “The History of the Moleskine notebook”

By Your Salonniere You may be familiar with the history of the Moleskine notebook since enclosed within each bound journal … More

Culture, Digital, Moleskine Notebooks, Writer's Life

Blowing Up the Teapot, Part II: Destroy Your Idols

By Your Salonniere Who makes up your literary ancestry? Which authors stand as your lettered godparents, your artistic aunts and … More

Character, Charlotte Bronte, Details, E.M. Forster, Fiction, Film, Flannery O'Connor, JJ Abrams, Julie Orringer, Narratives, Novels, Protagonist, Reading, Virginia Jones

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