A monthly letter from Gotham’s dean of faculty, Kelly Caldwell (usually writing advice)
So, in a few weeks, I’m giving a talk called Recipes for Disaster: The Art of the Disaster Narrative at the Hippocamp literary conference, which means lately I’ve been reading tons of stories about hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods. Continue reading “Truth or Myth?”
For the past few years, every June, I share a summer reading list with you all, of books that you (hopefully) won’t find on the many, many reading lists out there now. My suggestions this year are here. Continue reading “Step by Step”
Ever notice how beaches have “runs” of marine life washing ashore? One week it’s conch shells, the next it’s jellyfish. Lately, I’ve experienced a run of my own — friends, colleagues, students, all struggling to pinpoint their inciting incident.
Continue reading “Four Reasons You Might Be Mis-Identifying Your Inciting Incident”