Fight Club is a great novel, but it’s opening chapter is a bit… weird.
How does the author make it work and what can we learn from it?
Let’s read, chat, and discuss together
Category: Exercises/Writing
One of my most frequent comments during freeshare is telling people to “go further” with their writing.
But what exactly does that mean?
Let’s discuss, chat, and practice some examples of pushing writing to its limits!
Let’s write about random world locations… with a twist.
Each round we spin the Wheel of Writing Restrictions and we have to obey what it says, along with every other restriction so far.
Will our house of cards topple, or will we emerge victorious???
Writing is more than just conveying information to a reader, but what does that REALLY mean???
Let’s discuss, practice, and “shellack some bars” together!
When your friend asks you to critique their story, and it’s a flaming dumpster fire, what do you do??
Let’s discuss some tips then practice critiquing some brave volunteers’ stories together!
There’s an awesome app that takes any two words and writes an actually pretty good opening based on them.
Let’s feed it some input and extend one of its openings together!
Let’s write about random world locations… with a twist.
Each round we spin the Wheel of Writing Restrictions and we have to obey what it says, along with every other restriction so far.
Will our house of cards topple, or will we emerge victorious???
One of the most common issues with stories is that they just don’t feel… real.
What does that mean and how do we fix it?
Let’s discuss, take a look at some examples, then edit an old story to be more REAL together!
What exactly is escapism and why does it matter?
Let’s discuss, look at some examples, and then escapism-ify some stories together!
A “cuil” is a measure of how absurd a situation is.
Let’s get a mundane sentence, then make it progressively more “cuil-y” together!