Backmatter: Carrie, what is this hat?
This week's favorite things—vampires, wine and the can't-look-away mess of the Sex and the City franchise. Backmatter is a news dump for writers, readers and everyone in between.
Let us entertain you.
The greatest freedom is having fun with your art and inviting the reader to your party.
On developing discipline as a writer
Storytelling is a creative pursuit. Writing is a discipline.
A writer who does not read is a writer you should not read
On non-writing days, engage with the function of language to develop your writing style.
How to write a plot twist
To execute a plot twist, nearly everything else in your story has to be a lie.