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Scene Questions
We all can probably remember a particularly vivid and effective scene from a great story. The unmasking scene in Junot Díaz’s story “Ysrael.” The riot scene in Dagoberto Gilb’s book The Flowers. The...
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Collection of Cool
Hello from the Dogpatch! Noticing a comment online about rereading and rewatching favorite stories, put me in mind of my all-time favorite author appearances caught on video. I’ve watched these clips...
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The Back(hoe) Story
You will write a story. The character will have some really physical job—banging nails or pouring concrete. Driving a backhoe. For weeks, all you will see are backhoes. You will ask your writing mates...
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Can A Colonoscopy Make You a Better Writer?
We’ll try anything, won’t we? Climb mountains, light candles, drink tea, drink beer, light candles, smoke dope, give up sex (now that last one’s just dumb). It’s important to take advantage of any...
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Coen-Esque, You Betcha!
“A little less Fargo and a little more Raising Arizona,” an editor wrote to me once about a story in which I’d killed off one of the characters. The old church I used as a model for the “old Lutheran...
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