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  1. Aethalope

    Craft Chat Craft Challenge?

    Okay, so I have a problem with describing places when writing fiction. My settings are sometimes so vague that readers have no sense of where the characters are. Yesterday I noticed an interesting exercise in the workbook of my more advanced ESL teens, and I thought I’d give it a try. Choose a...
  2. Pamela Jo

    Craft Chat Steering the craft Ursula Le Guin

    The last clementine of xmas. A little gift to start the year right. https://archive.org/details/steering-the-craft-a-twenty-first-century-guide-to-sailing-the-sea-of-story-repr/page/n4/mode/1up
  3. Rich.

    Craft Chat CRAFT CHAT: "Show, don’t tell" is a load of old tosh!

    Provocative title, eh? But before I attempt to explain it, I'd like to mention a few things. First, a big Thank-you! to @Carol Rose for giving me the opportunity to guest here in the Craft Chat forum. Second, please do familiarize yourselves with Carol's guidelines for engaging with Craft Chat...
  4. Rich.

    Writing Backstory

    I've been thinking about backstory and how best to handle it, and I find my self wondering what you think. I've also been thinking about the received wisdom of craft in general – learn the "rules" before you break them, show-don't-tell-or-go-to-hell, don't write on a Tuesday when the wind is in...
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