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 | 110 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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How I Make the Reader Judge a Character and Then Make Them Uncomfortable With Their Own Judgment
The order of info is everything...
I want readers judging my characters, I invite it. But, I’m also juuuust a little manipulative about it, and I do that intentionally as part of a designed reading experience. Like, moving between emotiona...
Scribbled, 8/30/26
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I saw this person the other day at the gym.
He was wearing grey sweatpants and he had the darkest hair.
He had tattoos on his arms and on his neck, no color just that black/blue, and he had headphones an...
How I Make Something That Happened To My Character Years Ago Keep Generating Conflict In Scenes That Have Nothing To Do With What Happened.
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How I make something that happened to my character years ago keep generating conflict in scenes that have nothing to do with what happened…
All I ask of the character I’m working with is what it convinced them...
Being Needed Can Feel Safer Than Being Loved
But worse...
You are the person they call when something goes wrong.
What I Think Fiction Is For
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I finished The Hartleys by John Cheever on a plane to Salt Lake City a long time ago and had to reread the ending because I couldn’t believe what I thought I’d read.
I sat with it for a long time.
Then I r...
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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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