Crafting Form

The hardest lesson in creative writing isn't about grammar or structure — it's about learning to trust the strange, imperfect thing that is your own voice.

Sitting in silence while twelve people dissect your story is a particular form of agony. It is also, I've come to believe, the most valuable experience a writer can have.

There is a moment in every writer's education when reading stops being passive consumption and becomes something closer to reverse engineering.