Short essay on craft.
Category: Advice on Writing
Image credit The best writing advice I’ve received, scattered over twelve years, was from three people, none of them a writer. # I was 20, and struggling to make my writing work. I thought I just had to produce more. More words. More stories. A friend and I were moon-gazing. She remarked that meditating helped […]
*Poetics* is a bite-sized treatise combining commentary on the evolution of literary genres with still-relevant advice to writers on how to develop characters, construct a good plot, and evoke appropriate emotions in the reader.
Some time ago, I read Ana’s articles at The Curious Reader, a magazine we both write for. I went on to discover her other writing, then her website. I was struck by her honest, fresh writing; by the novelty and freshness of her prose; and by her imaginative and accessible stories for children. I got to read […]
In this two-part article on the craft of writing, I discuss what strategies pantsers and plotters might try to improve each stage of the writing process.
In this two-part article on the craft of writing, I discuss what strategies pantsers and plotters might try to improve each stage of the writing process.
Amita Basu 