Links to Craft Articles, etc

Here are just a few things I’ve found useful and/or interesting as a writer (in no order):

• “The Shape of Stories: A Kurt Vonnegut Infographic” as illustrated by Maya Eilam
• “The Rise of the Nameless Narrator” by Sam Sacks in The New Yorker (not about craft but interesting to think about)
• “Something’s Wrong in the Garden: the Uncanny and the Art of Writing” by Marjorie Sandor in The Masters Review
• “Omission: Choosing What to Leave Out” by John McPhee at The New Yorker
• “Ten Things I Look for When Selecting Submissions” at The Review Review
• Multiple posts (with prompts) on teaching revision by Matthew Salesses in Pleiades
• A list of moves (with some examples) in flash fiction by Matthew Salesses at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop
• Neon has advice on submitting writing
• Entropy has a list of suggestions of where to submit to for each month
• K.M. Weiland’s Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 42: When Your Story Stakes Aren’t High Enough
• Advice on how to title a poem (or other work) in Magma Poetry
• Daniel Wallace’s blog, The Incompetent Writer, particularly How to write better sentences
• Richard Thomas’ article on LitReactor Storyville: Where to Send Your Stories
• Matthew Salesses 20 tips (with more links to other authors’ suggestions) in Necessary Fiction’s A Month of Revision
• At io9/Gizmodo, Charlie Jane Anders has lots of advice, like “10 Writing ‘Rules’ We Wish More Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Would Break” and “How to Make People Fall in Love with Your Ridiculously Competent Hero”
• The Review Review’s Seeking Slipstream: A List of Resources
• Bridget McKenna’s series on Self-Editing for Everyone, especially Part 2: Vampire Verbs, Zombie Verbs, and Verbs that Kick Ass and Part 4: The Weakeners
• Janice Hardy’s 5 Edits to Strengthen Your Writing, Right Now
• Chuck Wendig’s 25 Things You Should Know About Writing Horror
• On booksbywomen.org, Nicola Jane’s Which Writing Self is Me?
• diymfa.com
• At Electric Literature, Amber Sparks’ has a fascinating article, “NEW GENRES: Domestic Fabulism or Kansas with a Difference”
• At Electric Literature, Melissa Goodrich’s “Diving into the Faery Handbag: On Fabulism”
• At Jezebel, Catherine Nichols writes about “One Weird Trick That Makes a Novel Addictive”
• In Pif Magazine, Camille Renshaw’s “The Essentials of Micro-Fiction”
• In the Observer, Charles Chu’s “The Benjamin Franklin Method: How to (Actually) Be a Better Writer”
• In Women Who Flash Their Lit, authors discuss Flashy Character Development and Narrative Arc
• At Penguin Random House, A Writer’s Guide to Hacking the Reader’s Brain (in 5 Steps)
• At Writers Helping Writers, April Bradley writes about Finding Your Way Into Your Story
• On Tara Laskowski’s blog, Flash Fiction Prompts and Readings–Handout from Conversations and Connections DC 2016
• Smokelong Quarterly’s Why Flash Fiction Series
• The Quiet Writers’ Desk, K.M. Updike’s blog, How to Create an Instantly Likable Character
• At Uncanny Magazine, Delilah S. Dawson’s “I Have Never Not Been an Object”