Trust the Reader

Trust the reader to get your writing, no matter how weird or intellectual it might be. Let them pick up what you’re putting down! You can trust the reader by avoiding these two things:1. Overexplaining2. Editorializing Overexplaining Overexplaining comes when you don’t stop at the end of a sentence, but go on with more words. I …

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A Famous Writer’s Shocking Process

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Thursday Postcard The Case of George Saunders You might have heard of American writer George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the 2017 Booker Prize.  Saunders writes a lot of short stories and has published several collections. He’s won a whole bunch of awards for the short fiction as well.  His stories are both moving …

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