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Processing: How Tony Tulathimutte Wrote Rejection
The author on comic disproportion, revision, internet language, and pledging yourself to idiocy in fiction.
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Lincoln Michel
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Three Kafkaesque Novels from Around the World
Three surreal translated novels about Empire, office life, and A.I.
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Lincoln Michel
10
Art Without Intention
Whether or not A.I. outputs are "art," will anyone care about works made without care?
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Lincoln Michel
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August 2024

What Lasts and (Mostly) Doesn't Last
On the books that are remembered, rejected, repudiated, and rediscovered,
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Lincoln Michel
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Processing: How Helen Phillips Wrote Hum
The author on subtle worldbuilding, artificial intelligence, and the importance of community in the face of dystopia
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Lincoln Michel
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Writing For, Within, and Against the Market
Just some idle thoughts on the attitude authors should take toward their art
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Lincoln Michel
27

July 2024

Ramen Westerns and Thematic Cores
A movie rec, and thoughts on improvisational narratives and unifying stories by theme
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Lincoln Michel
10
Three Thoughts on the NYT Top 100: Missing Millennials, Fading Autofiction, the Genre-Bending Era
Looking at some trends in the alleged top 100 books of the 21st century
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Lincoln Michel
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Seeing with an Artist's Eye
On noticing gaps and openings in the work you love (or why critiquing things is good, actually)
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Lincoln Michel
27

June 2024

Processing: How Tracy O'Neill Wrote Woman of Interest
The author on writing both fiction and memoir, being "an enormous nerd," and making sentences that move
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Lincoln Michel
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Comps and Circumstance
A short explainer on comp titles
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Lincoln Michel
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Much Ado About MFAs
Answering some questions on what MFA programs are and aren't
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Lincoln Michel
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