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On Productivity
Some thoughts on writing, writing a little, and writing a whole damn lot
Mar 26
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Lincoln Michel
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What's American Fiction Without the Short Story?
A short paean for the Great American Literary Form
Mar 15
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Lincoln Michel
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Processing: How Rita Bullwinkel Wrote Headshot
The author on boxing, embodying characters, and "the gooey, weird stuff that time can do in literature"
Mar 11
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Lincoln Michel
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Dune Names Are Good, Actually
On language, names, and worldbuilding
Mar 2
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Lincoln Michel
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February 2024
Four Books I Loved Coming Out This Spring
Just some recommendations for your post-winter reading
Feb 22
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Lincoln Michel
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The First and Best Writing Advice I Ever Received
Finish things. Just finish. Really, finish them!
Feb 11
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Lincoln Michel
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The Novel as Shaggy Dog Joke
On Nicholson Baker's The Mezzanine and novels whose pleasures are in denying our expectations
Feb 1
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Lincoln Michel
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January 2024
On Reviewing Books
Two new publications and some tips on being a book reviewer
Jan 18
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Lincoln Michel
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Who Is Reading What and Why
Quick look at a recent poll about how many Americans read (not many) and what they're reading
Jan 10
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Lincoln Michel
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Why Your Narrator Should Be a Weird Little Freak
Literature needs fewer "likeable" characters and more assholes, weirdos, buffoons, and freaks
Jan 1
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Lincoln Michel
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December 2023
Structure and Its Discontents
Some thoughts on kishōtenketsu, Freytag's Pyramid, and taking what you want from structure
Dec 15, 2023
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Lincoln Michel
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Processing: How Ed Park Wrote Same Bed Different Dreams
The author on structure, humor, inventing history, and big ambitious novels
Dec 12, 2023
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Lincoln Michel
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