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Are You A Writer? Take This Quiz To Find Out!
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Clichés: a craft essay about them might actually be one
In storytelling, clichés are usually the product of uncertainty. When we aren’t sure who our characters are, we can fall back into flourishes of…
Seth Fried
Jun 9
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What’s the meaning of this?
Figuring out what your story is trying to say
Seth Fried
Jan 26
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Finding Your Voice
Originality often gets talked about as if it’s a rare trait among artists, which I find strange. In my experience as a writer and teacher, originality…
Seth Fried
Dec 29, 2021
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Literary Jump Scares
How to get surprise and horror on the page
Seth Fried
Nov 1, 2021
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The Power of Stupid
I'm stupid and you can too
Seth Fried
Sep 24, 2021
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The Importance of Being Incredibly Tense
Using tension to keep readers reading
Seth Fried
Aug 12, 2021
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Welcome to Seth’s Free Sporadic Newsletter. I promise this newsletter will be good. Or maybe not “good,” but at the very least it will be too infrequent…
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Aug 3, 2021
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