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Tag: MFA

Writing a Novel in Verse

May 28, 2014 A. B. Westrick 2 Comments

Listen to these lines from the first page of Caminar, Skila Brown’s debut novel in verse: Our village sat in…

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Filed under: author interview, Caminar, Candlewick, craft, Guatemala, Horn Book, literature, MFA, middle-grade, process, revision, School Library Journal, Skila Brown, tortillas, VCFA, verse, verse novel, writing

Leonard’s Ten Rules of Writing

August 27, 2013 A. B. Westrick 4 Comments

Novelist Elmore Leonard passed away this month, leaving behind forty-some books and his “Ten Rules of Writing.” I agree with…

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Filed under: books, craft, critique, Elmore Leonard, KSDK, literature, Marion Dane Bauer, MFA, process, revision, writing

Voice and details

July 13, 2012 A. B. Westrick 2 Comments
Nora Ephron

My agent nixed the novel I finished drafting earlier this year, and it’s taken me a couple of months to…

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Filed under: books, brenda ueland, character, craft, critique, MFA, nora ephron, plot, process, revision, VCFA, voice, writing

The structure of a novel

February 23, 2012 A. B. Westrick 2 Comments

In the Jan/Feb 2012 issue of Poets & Writers magazine, John Stazinski (page 29) bemoans the tendency of MFA programs…

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Filed under: arc, books, craft, critique, Grub Street, john green, kathi appelt, Looking for alaska, manuscript, MFA, novel, plot, Poets & Writers, revision, story, structure, Uma Krishnaswami, VCFA, writing

On Creativity

June 23, 2011 A. B. Westrick 2 Comments

Last month a young woman told me she was pursuing a PhD in children’s literature instead of an MFA because…

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Filed under: Annie Dillard, creativity, Julia Cameron, MFA, process, story, The Artist's Way, writing

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  • MG Survival Story: author interview and giveaway! April 13, 2021
  • “I let myself daydream”: interview with Lauren Wolk & book giveaway March 9, 2021
  • “Creation is a River”: Sara Pennypacker interview and giveaway February 9, 2021
  • Her grandparents’ barn: an interview with Linda Oatman High January 12, 2021
  • Science is Mystery: interview and book giveaway December 4, 2020

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Thank you for reading my #interview with Frances! I love to hear authors talk about their #writing process.

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Articles, Interviews, & Podcasts:

Podcast: Working Title on the 85K Writing Challenge, where I confess that I’ve stopped beating myself up over my process. It is what it is. March 20, 2019

Podcast: Working Title on the 85K Writing Challenge, where I talk about setting priorities in my writing life. February 20, 2019

Podcast: Working Title on the 85K Writing Challenge, where I ramble about my writing process, including how I conquer writer’s block. January 23, 2019

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