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Because, of course, then you'll be liberated from the fear of offending them. Or you can write about them, even better, right? You can write about how crazy they were or how they treated you or what they did to keep you from writing. Right? It's true that writers need to be a little fearless …
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Any story is a conversation between a writer and a reader. There's an unspoken agreement you make when you pick up a book--the author is going to tell you a story, maybe even try to make a point, and they know you're listening and (hopefully) paying attention. That's a lot to ask from a reader, …
It's hard enough just putting a story together. Keeping track of all the details, making sure it all makes sense. There is an endless series of decisions that have to be made before the story comes together, before it feels like it's done. But there's one question a lot of writers forget to ask along …
I want to share a story about one of my failures as a writer. I intended, once, to write a short story about a woman working in an organ farm. A place where brainless clone bodies are grown in vats, so that their organs can be harvested to save the lives of people waiting for …
DAVID WELLINGTON 