What's epistolary writing? Well, it's writing through letters. But it's also a lot more than that. As we continue to dive into the concept of Voice, we want to explore the importance and power of the letters that Blue and Red write to each other throughout "This Is How You Lose The Time War." If you haven't already listened to our episodes introducing this novella, we recommend you go back and start with Episode 11 (of this season, Season 19)!
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Thing of the Week: “clipping.” by Story 2
Homework: Write a short note from one of your characters to another about something that’s important to them. Now rewrite it as a text message (change the format). Then rewrite it as a letter that will be screened before it gets to them by an outsider (change the context). And finally, write it as the final message they will get to send during their life (change the stakes).
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Close Reading Series: Texts & Timeline
Voice: This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar (March 17)
Worldbuilding: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (May 12)
Character: “You Perfect, Broken Thing,” “The Cook,” and “Your Eyes, My Beacon: Being an Account of Several Misadventures and How I Found My Way Home” by CL Clark (July 7)
Tension: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (September 1)
Structure: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (October 13)
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19.18: How to Build Fictional Economies
19.17: Novellas- the Goldilocks of Publishing
19.16: An Interview with Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar
19.15: A Close Reading on Voice: Tying It All Together
19.13: A Close Reading on Voice: Blue's Perspective - Confidence and Vulnerability
19.12: A Close Reading on Voice - Red's Perspective - Muscular Prose
19.11: A Close Reading on Voice- An Overview, and Why Time War
19.10: Introducing Our Close Readings Series
19.09: LIVE Recording - Rituals, Rites, and Traditions
19.08: NaNoWriMo Revision with Ali Fisher: Working with an Editor
19.07: NaNoWriMo Revision with Ali Fisher: Intention
19.06: NaNoWriMo Revision with Ali Fisher: Length
19.05: LIVE Recording - Revisions with Mahtab Narsimhan
19.04: LIVE Recording - Pacing with Guest Fonda Lee
19.03: Behind The Scenes with our Producer and Recording Engineer
19.02: Q&A Episode with WX Core Cast
19.01: Interview with Abraham Verghese
18.53: Funding the Writing Life
18.52: Writing Inside The Box
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