#48: Action, Dialogue, Image: Using Screenwriting as a Revision Tool for Fiction
Virginia Woolf, Jesse Eisenberg, Nicholson Baker.
The February edition of No Failure, Only Practice is live! In this month’s craft essay, I discuss how I’ve been adapting my own novel-in-progress into a screenplay as a revision practice, as well as how doing something similar might hopefully be useful to you. Thank you for reading!
18.02.2025 19:41
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Ray Bradbury, The Art of Fiction No. 203
Photo by Sophie Bassouls / Sygma via Getty Images, Courtesy The Ray Bradbury Literary Works, LLC. Ray Bradbury has a vacation house in Palm Springs, California, in the desert at the base of the Santa…
“I tell people, Make a list of ten things you hate and tear them down in a short story or poem. Make a list of ten things you love and celebrate them. When I wrote ‘Fahrenheit 451’ I hated book burners and I loved libraries. So there you are” —Ray Bradbury
31.01.2025 14:00
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Was the hanging death of mill worker Sarah Maria Connell suicide or murder? 1830s New England, a Methodist minister tried for the crime and acquitted—this is a fascinating look into a forgotten case by Kate Winkler Dawson.
28.01.2025 13:45
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Sunrise. Early morning writing.
21.12.2024 13:21
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The hardest part for me is sitting still and doing the work.
17.11.2024 12:48
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