Craft
How writing works on the page.
Close readings and lessons, each built around one move a writer can make: opening sooner, varying the rhythm of sentences, taking a paragraph from outline to final draft. Every lesson ends with an exercise to try on your own work.
Posts
Close readings, lessons, and experiments in how we write. Take apart a scene, a poem, or a paragraph, then try the move in your own work.
Series
- WorldcraftSoonHow to reveal a society’s rules by showing who gets to break them.
- PlotcraftSoonHow to revise a scene so a character’s choice closes off a real option.
- SpeechcraftSoonHow to write a conversation where both people think they’re discussing something different.
- Images, lines, and formSoonLessons for poets and essayists.