Aj Saxsma
Award-Winning literary writer helping make your novels say what you believe. Advanced writing craft for serious storytellers.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 90 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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The Character Moment Most Writers Feel Compelled to Explain
What happens when you let it stand without explaining it.
There are types of character moments that make most writers reach for narration immediately after writing it.
Bigger Emotions Are Not Making Your Scenes More Complex
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Writers, I have one request…
…stop confusing emotion with complexity.
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A charact...
The Writing Rule That Gets Cited More Than It Gets Understood
Hemingway broke it constantly. So did Carver.
Working editors will tell you to remove filter words from your writing.
The Problem With "Just Get the Draft Down"
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I see this EXACT advice all day every day.
Every writer/creator talking about writing eventually says some version of it.
Just get the draft out.
Don’t overthink it. You can fix it later.
Momentum...
You Don't Need Explosive Trauma to Write Intimately Personal Stories
Trauma isn't the threshold. Belief is. And everyone has beliefs that cost them something to hold.
The most common response I get when I talk about using lived experience as a story engine for your fiction or screenplays is some version of...
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Award-winning novelist and dog dad. Helping make your novels say what you believe. Advanced writing craft for serious storytellers with some fiction on the side :)
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