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fiction craft, publishing demystification, weird books
By Lincoln Michel
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Fairy Tale as MFA Antidote
Some writing advice from the stories that eschew all the writing advice
Lincoln Michel
Feb 2
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Processing: How Martin Riker Wrote The Guest Lecture
"A lot of good literature comes from writers figuring out how to take the crappy parts of their lives and turn them into something interesting."
Lincoln Michel
Jan 27
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Maybe the Book Doesn't Need to Be "Disrupted" in the First Place?
Some thoughts on the techno book revolution that never seems to come
Lincoln Michel
Jan 24
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Maybe the Book Doesn't Need to Be "Disrupted" in the First Place?
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TV Causalities: Avoiding Bad Habits from Visual Media
On what the page can do that the screen can't, and vice versa.
Lincoln Michel
Jan 11
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What Makes an Unfilmable Novel?
Recently my friend and general literary mensch Jason Diamond asked me a few questions about “unfilmable novels” for his excellent piece on the new White…
Lincoln Michel
Dec 31, 2022
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A Counter Craft Year-End Roundup
What I published in 2022, here and elsewhere
Lincoln Michel
Dec 19, 2022
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The Only Sure Thing with AI Is Writing Will Get Blander and the Rich Will Get Richer
AI programs aren't about to replace novelists. But that doesn't mean they won't damage writers.
Lincoln Michel
Dec 11, 2022
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Processing: How Elisa Gabbert Wrote Normal Distance
The author on sentence-thoughts, constructing poems, and the eternal themes of “boredom, death, and suffering!”
Lincoln Michel
Dec 7, 2022
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