In Texas, I get lost. Two lane roads open into four lane highways, and concrete consumes old pastures. Overpasses pile up like skyscrapers, and I grow restless behind the wheel of a borrowed car. Everything has changed. I ride the freeways like a foreigner, holding my breath and missing my exits and circling the city until I …
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Study Fiction to Write Creative Nonfiction
“[T]rue stories, well told.” That’s the definition of creative nonfiction, Lee Gutkind says (in this brief radio interview), as he admits he loves to read fiction–even as he is the founder of one of the biggest nonfiction literary magazines, Creative Nonfiction. Gearing up to teach my workshop on Flash Nonfiction in two weeks, I came …
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Growing Your Readership (and Mine)
This week, Jane Friedman posted a video of her talk from the 2013 Midwest Writers Workshop on Audience Development. In the video, she shares her experience with starting a website: the quiet beginning, the learning curve, and the principles of cultivating readers “over the span of your career.” Jane Friedman has over 180,000 (180 THOUSAND!!) followers on …