The Rogue MFA
Kelly Chastain, Bri CastelliniGet the creative writing lessons we taught at university without going six figures in debt.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 34 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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Use Stakes of Livelihood in Romance and Your Readers Will Feel Another Level of Tension
Let them LIVE
Capitalism corrupts absolutely, but it makes for a hell of a narrative stake for your protagonists to duke it out with. Despite its prevalence in our daily lives, though, it’s not always the simplest thing to plot, so let’s t...
Why Life & Death Stakes Work in Historical Fiction
The highest stakes of all aren't always the right ones for your story, but when they work, they WORK.
If anyone is going to pull a tarot card to see if she should travel solo around the world with nothing but a laptop, a passport, and a ba...
The Most Insidious Villain in Romance Writing: Stakes of Reputation
When "I'm rubber and you're glue" isn't a winning strategy
Reputation is a tricky thing. It’s intangible, but also vital in frequently tangible ways. So how do the stakes of reputation work in romance, and how can you test if you’ve gone f...
Why you should be a paid subscriber to The Rogue MFA
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We’re gearing up to teach our very first workshop - RSVP here for What’s At Stake- and if you’d like 10% off a ticket (which comes with templates, a reading list, the live session, and VOD access for review), you should cons...
Plot is What Happens. Stakes Are Why You Care. Integrate Them and Your Readers Will Be Hooked.
Back in the ivory tower days, I ran workshops as part of my creative writing classes. As one does. Not only is workshop feedback massively helpful, but it also showed me where my students had knowledge gaps. Where they instinctually knew so...
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Creative writer and recovering academic. I design creative sabbaticals for women in midlife. I also teach creative writing for historical fiction and romance writers without the university price tag.
Bi/Ace/She/Her. Writer, filmmaker, romance author, human bulldozer. By day I help filmmakers crowdfund their passion projects, by night and on the weekends I write and direct short films and web series, and I write and read romance novels.
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