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A quartet of novelists—Rebecca Godwin, Michel Stone, JC Sasser, and Mindy Friddle taught a workshop on creating your writing practice
I like stretching my imaginary muscles, and it’s been wildly fun to try my hand at speculative fiction.
"You might not move your body around, but there’s grueling, dynamic labor going on inside you."
Metaphor, simile, details-- these are not just tools for the poet. The best journalists, essayists, novelists-- know how avoid clichés (like the plague...ha!) and use sharp details to create vivid pictures. I love coming across these beauties when I read. Here are some favorites: