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Tag: T. S. Eliot

What’s an “objective correlative,” huh?

March 27, 2017 A. B. Westrick 11 Comments

    The other day while reading Raymie Nightengale by Kate DiCamillo, I hit a passage that from a craft…

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Filed under: Carson-Newman University, craft, emotional truth, fiction, Kate DiCamillo, manuscript, MFA, objective correlative, process, Raymie Nightengale, revision, show don't tell, T. S. Eliot, Tim Wynne-Jones, VCFA, Vermont College of Fine Arts, writing

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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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