Desire, Physicality, Contradiction

The author of Freedom Is a Feast explores tactics for creating compelling, human, three-dimensional characters.
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The author of Freedom Is a Feast explores tactics for creating compelling, human, three-dimensional characters.
The author of Freedom Is a Feast considers cuisine and its place in fictional narratives.
“Just tell the truth.” —Kiran Bath, author of Instructions for Banno
“It seems like a necessary step to figure out how to emerge from mess to order.” —Ayşegül Savaş, author of The Anthropologists
“I have found writing to be like channeling.” —Elizabeth Scanlon, author of Whosoever Whole
“If one poem broke your heart, my next poem should uplift you.” —Tara M. Stringfellow, author of Magic Enuff
The author of Perennial Ceremony: Lessons and Gifts From a Dakota Garden reflects on how a practice of free-writing can help writers uncover hidden truths.
“I had to focus on readers who were moved by the same things I was.” —Ananda Lima, author of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil
“Every book I read I annotate, trying to figure out the logic of the story.” —Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
“I consider notetaking to be an integral form of the writing process.” —Dorothy Chan, author of Return of the Chinese Femme