I love all of this so freaking much! First of all, DFTBA! Second, I have a special affinity for Stephanie Meyer since we're both intermountain west LDS girlies who were English majors at BYU. In other words, viva la Twilight!
Thanks for reading! Next week’s post is about style, sensory descriptions, and a writing exercise to further develop prose on the line level. Excited to share it with y’all!
I love this! Thanks for sharing. I feel like MFA/lit programs look down on popular fiction to their own detriment—anything that makes us turn the page has hooked us for a reason, and that connection is meaningful. And something I can learn from as a writer! I’m a huge John Green fan, and I’m always looking for options that my students will genuinely love.
Congrats on time in Europe! I hope you have an incredible time and that you’ll let us live vicariously through you a little bit.
And new work! I hope you can enjoy relaxing into new ideas.
I feel like I’m always ranting to you about my gripes with creative writing academia LOL
I’ve spent so much of my writing life trying to unlearn unfair opinions that creative writing academia often instills in its students. I did a talk with some MFA students a few months ago, and one of them said something along the lines of, “I know it’s not good, but I really like John Green and . . .” I stopped her and asked her not to qualify her taste because all writing genres are valid (especially a working writer who can live off of writing in that genre!). It’s an unpopular opinion, but I also think working writers have to adapt—to some extent—with the times. As much as I love literary fiction, I’m not sure how much a long-term writing career can be sustained writing in this genre alone. Personally, I’m really trying to reckon the current reading climate with my own writing interests. I can think of a few writers who have transitioned from the literary work they wrote for their MFAs/debut novels to YA or commercial upmarket fiction because they were able to find a bigger audience in those genres.
Anyway, thanks for reading! And thanks as always for hearing out my anti-academia rant 😅
Great interview in SubClub this week, Kat! I liked seeing the evolution of your story through the publishing process.
Thanks for reading!
I love all of this so freaking much! First of all, DFTBA! Second, I have a special affinity for Stephanie Meyer since we're both intermountain west LDS girlies who were English majors at BYU. In other words, viva la Twilight!
Loved reading about your reading history.
Love the way Twilight brings people together!
Thanks for reading.
I love the sensory language in your story, something I need to work on. Safe travels in Europe!
Thanks for reading! Next week’s post is about style, sensory descriptions, and a writing exercise to further develop prose on the line level. Excited to share it with y’all!
I love this! Thanks for sharing. I feel like MFA/lit programs look down on popular fiction to their own detriment—anything that makes us turn the page has hooked us for a reason, and that connection is meaningful. And something I can learn from as a writer! I’m a huge John Green fan, and I’m always looking for options that my students will genuinely love.
Congrats on time in Europe! I hope you have an incredible time and that you’ll let us live vicariously through you a little bit.
And new work! I hope you can enjoy relaxing into new ideas.
I feel like I’m always ranting to you about my gripes with creative writing academia LOL
I’ve spent so much of my writing life trying to unlearn unfair opinions that creative writing academia often instills in its students. I did a talk with some MFA students a few months ago, and one of them said something along the lines of, “I know it’s not good, but I really like John Green and . . .” I stopped her and asked her not to qualify her taste because all writing genres are valid (especially a working writer who can live off of writing in that genre!). It’s an unpopular opinion, but I also think working writers have to adapt—to some extent—with the times. As much as I love literary fiction, I’m not sure how much a long-term writing career can be sustained writing in this genre alone. Personally, I’m really trying to reckon the current reading climate with my own writing interests. I can think of a few writers who have transitioned from the literary work they wrote for their MFAs/debut novels to YA or commercial upmarket fiction because they were able to find a bigger audience in those genres.
Anyway, thanks for reading! And thanks as always for hearing out my anti-academia rant 😅