craft
-
Worst. Dialogue. Ever.
Dialogue. I love writing dialogue. I also love eavesdropping, which is why I suspect I love writing dialogue so much, since essentially I am eavesdropping on my characters. In theory, dialogue sounds like it should be easy to write. We all talk, right? And dialogue is talking, right? So clearly, dialogue is just recording how…
-
The Truth sets you free… to revise
The MFA program I am taking is designed around a multi-genre approach, the idea being that we become better writers by exploring other ways of writing. This year, I am taking creative non-fiction, which is on its surface a lot like writing fiction, except that the stories are factually true. As a fiction writer, I…
Sonal Champsee 