fiction
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The Great Non-Debate
Some time ago, a writing acquaintance of mine told me a little bit about what genre writers (in this case, sci-fi and fantasy) tend to talk about. This confused me a little bit, since a) I wasn’t aware that there was supposed to be a distinction between genre writers and literary writers, and b) I…
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Back in a Flash – or not.
Recently, I was first-reader for a well-respected fiction contest. There is nothing like reading story after story after story to really drive home how irritating some writing habits are. I want to talk about one in particular that began to drive me a little nuts: a very common story structure. It goes like this: Story…
Sonal Champsee 