Sitemap - 2024 - StoryWorlds with Junot Díaz
YEARS LATER, IN TOKYO, MR. S RECALLS THE TASTE OF KANSAI-STYLE ODEN
WHEN THE WRITER DOESN’T SHOW: ASSUMPTIVE NARRATION AND THE SUBSTANCE
HOW STORIES FAIL, HOW STORIES SUCCEED: THE STRANGE CASE OF THE SUBSTANCE
WHEN GRABBING THE BARREL OF A RIFLE IS THE ONLY CHOICE
FUNDAMENTALS OF SETTING: WHEN SPACE IS NOT THE PLACE
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FUNDAMENTALS OF SETTING: DEMAND DUOS
FUNDAMENTALS OF SETTING: ACTIVATING DEMANDS
HOW TO WRITE A PERFECT SETTING: DEMANDS
VANILLA SPICE - OR DUNE: PROPHECY, EPISODE 1
HOW TO WRITE A PERFECT SETTING
HOW STORIES FAIL: THE WRITER LOOKS AWAY
WHAT OCTAVIA BUTLER TEACHES US ON ELECTION DAY
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HOW IMMIGRANT AND SPECULATIVE STORIES SUCCEED: BUILDING BETTER HOMEWORLDS
DADDY'S HEAD - or THE FALLACY OF IMITATIVE FORM AS STORYKILLER
THE READER WITH A THOUSAND FACES
DOES READING MAKE US EMPATHETIC? DOES READING MAKE US GOOD?
THE LOST HOMEWORLDS OF OCTAVIA BUTLER AND TONI MORRISON
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHARACTER CREATION: HOMEWORLDS
ON VOICE, OUR FICTIONAL AMBASSADOR
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THE GAME WITHIN - THE END OF GAMES
THE WRITER, THE READER, AND THE MAGIC THAT COMES BEFORE
THE GAME WITHIN - HOW READERS WIN, HOW WRITERS LOSE
THE GAME WITHIN - EXAMPLES OF PLAY
THE GAME WITHIN - or THE FIRST LAWS OF NARRA-DYNAMICS
ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN TRACKS THEM DOWN
HOW TO ACTIVATE YOUR CHARACTER'S STAKES
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FUNDAMENTALS OF CONFLICT: THE SIX AXES
WALKING FROM SANTO DOMINGO TO TOKYO
CAUSALITY WON'T KILL YOUR WRITING CAREER
THE TERRIFYING PRESCIENCE OF STEPHEN KING'S THE DEAD ZONE
HOW TO SEPARATE CONDITION FROM CONFLICT
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CONFLICT - THE CHAOS THAT REVEALS
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHARACTER CREATION: TROUBLES
THE CONSEQUENCE ECONOMY - OR, THE CASE OF CARRIE
HOW CHARACTERS SUCCEED: THE THREE TELLS
HOW CHARACTERS FAIL: THE CAMERA PROTAGONIST
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FUNDAMENTALS OF CONFLICT: A CONCATENATION OF CONFLICT
AN EVENING AND A MORNING AND A NIGHT WITH OCTAVIA BUTLER
FUNDAMENTALS OF CONFLICT: COMMON AND UNCOMMON FORMS
THE SMALL KNIFE, THE BIG KNIFE, THE COURAGE – ANOTHER MFA STORY
TO ME, MY X-MEN - or ENGAGING IN OUR OTHERNESS
TO CALL BELOVED WHO ARE NOT BELOVED
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WHEN THE PROTAGONIST IS YOU – THE CHALLENGE OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTION
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHARACTER CREATION: “YOUR BEST THING” - or DISTINCTIONS
THE WHITE SAVIOR WORLDBUILDING OF VILLENEUVE'S DUNE - WHY AVATAR DOES IT BETTER
NEVER LET YOUR CONTROLLING IMMIGRANT PARENTS WRITE YOUR CHARACTERS; or LIBERTY
ENGLISH IS BROKEN HERE; or MS. S-
THE FAILED WORLDBUILDING OF VILLENEUVE'S DUNE
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YOUR CHARACTERS WILL MASTER THE UNIVERSE IF THEY HAVE THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHARACTER CREATION: THE TWO-BODY PROBLEM
NOTES ON WRITING CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS
CRAFTING CHARACTERS: HOW TO AVOID THE DREADED ZERO-BODY PROBLEM
HOW THE FANTASTIC FOUR WILL SAVE YOUR NOVEL
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHARACTER CREATION: CONTRADICTIONS
ON SPANISH SPEECH MARKS AND CHIMERA SENTENCES
THE ROAD TO TYRANNY IS PAVED IN TELL
THE TRUTH ABOUT SHOW, DON'T TELL
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHARACTER CREATION: THE SIXTH SECRET CHANNEL
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHARACTER CREATION - or THE FIVE INVINCIBLE CHANNELS
WRITING WHILE INHIBITED - or DITCHING THE SERIOUS WRITER
CRAFTING CHARACTERS: HOW TO ACTIVATE YOUR CHARACTERS’ WANTS
CRAFTING CHARACTERS: DRIVES - OR WHAT DOES HARRY POTTER WANT?
CRAFTING CHARACTERS: DESTINY - OR WHAT DOES BILBO BAGGINS WANT?
CRAFTING CHARACTERS: THE IMPORTANCE OF WANTS