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Learning To Be Read

I know how to write. At least, I like to think I do. What I’m still learning, slowly and awkwardly, is how to be read. That distinction took me a long time to fully understand. Writing, for me, has always been about story. Not just sentences or style, but the deeper mechanics of narrative: character, […]

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Why My Stories Start As Screenplays

Every writer has a ritual. Some swear by color-coded corkboards. Some swear at color-coded corkboards. Some draft in cafés, others under blankets, others in their heads while dictating it all into their phone. All perfectly valid, but my process is a little more convoluted. I start with a screenplay. This isn’t something I chose on […]

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