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How to Make Readers Curious About Your Story and Novel
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (838+ words) A writer can think of curiosity as a process: Incompleteness → Curiosity → Exploration → Resolution. Something does not quite add up. A piece of information is missing. A character behaves strangely. Two facts seem to contradict each other. The reader notices this…...
Rhapsody: A Manifesto by Alice Oswald Explores the Living History of Spoken Poetry
1+ week, 3+ day ago (789+ words) streamlinefeed.co.ke The poet Alice Oswald is no stranger to examining her craft in the public square. Having served as the Oxford Professor of Poetry until 2023, her acclaimed lectures have circulated widely, establishing her as a vital contemporary voice…...
The Distance Between Fiction and Reality
3+ week, 1+ day ago (319+ words) Earlier I was watching Doraemon. There was a story about a safari park filled with fantasy animals. Then there was a line that was actually very simple …...
Readers Build Careers. Writers Don’t
3+ week, 2+ day ago (43+ words) Writers write the book. But that's where control ends. Readers decide how to respond. You can keep writing, getting better and publishing. But readers build the bridge from one book to the next. They remember you. They come back. They…...