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Evan Swensen No Returns Allowed
Occasionally, a little nugget of history sneaks into your day and refuses to leave. You read it once, smile, and …
Evan Swensen Writing for the Childlike
“I write, not for children, but for the childlike, whether of five, fifty, or seventy-five.” —George MacDonald Some writers chase …
Carl Douglass The Great Depression in the slums of Chicago, and starting Medical School
“With little more than our hopes and a flimsy strategy, we (Karl, daughter Carroll Lee, age 3, and I) loaded …
Evan Swensen The Art of Writing Multiple Points of View
Writers who tackle multiple points of view in fiction often compare it to conducting an orchestra. Each character must be …
Evan Swensen Pride, Prejudice, and a Pen Name
Have you ever had a secret so big, so juicy, you managed to keep it your entire life? No, not …
Evan Swensen From Silence to Voice
“The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.” In this single …
Carl Douglass HOW TO WRITE WITH ACCENTS, DIALECT, SLANG, COLLOQUALISM, AND ETHNICITY
PART XII How to speak British beyond England (continued), course 302 West Indian and the Bahamas dialects: Bahamian English English is …
Evan Swensen Why No One’s Talking About Your Book—Yet
There’s a peculiar kind of quiet that follows a book launch. Not the satisfying hush of a job well done, …
Evan Swensen The First Novel Ever Typed
Mark Twain was a man of many firsts. He wrote some of the most beloved American novels, traveled the world, …
Evan Swensen Why Mediocrity Has No Place in Writing
“There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence.” Jean de La Bruyère’s words strike …
Carl Douglass School on a shoestring, a hope, a prayer, and a boarding house.
“Our second daughter was born shortly before Karl got accepted into pre-medicine at the University of Utah, which was then …
Evan Swensen Writing in the Dark
The biggest mistake an author can make isn’t a weak opening line or a sagging middle—it’s waiting until the book …