Craft Work
A monthly newsletter on the craft of writing
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Monthly |
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| Issues | 18 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 18 days ago |
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Escalate or die
One of my favourite pieces of dialogue from the HBO remake of GRRM’s Game of Thrones is the conversation between Cersei Lanister and Ned Stark, where Cersei says,
‘When you play the game of thrones, either you win or you do. There is no...
Why we have bones
Untangling structure in the novel
I recently taught a class on how to structure a novel and I always find it a difficult subject to teach. In fact, I think when people talk about structure, they’re often talking about a myriad of different...
Writing images
Is fiction writing the art of writing pictures?
At some point last year, I was told by another writer about the advice Claire Keegan gave to students in her writing workshop. She said that writing fiction well involves writing pictures. Du...
Overthinking in fiction
Where to position reflective scenes
In a low moment a few months ago, I took the ill-advised step of looking at reviews of my most recent novel Out of the Woods on Goodreads, something most writers agree is step no writer should take. One...
When the story becomes conscious of itself
On 'finding' a narrative voice
Occasionally, when I am very worried about something, my mind is filled with thoughts that might be loosely categorised as ‘self-doubt’. If it’s about my writing, they might be thoughts like: why do I even th...
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Gretchen Shirm is the author of Having Cried Wolf, Where the Light Falls and most recently The Crying Room. Her most recent novel is Out of the Woods.
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