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Essays and Lazy Writing

Posted on February 19, 2018 by thomasfarley01

Essays pretending to be reporting waste the reader’s time. With this style you must read several hundred words before finding out what the author is writing about. Rather than quickly defining a subject, essays disguised as reporting languidly and leisurely give out the … Continue reading →

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Now I Get It — Understanding Creative Nonfiction

Posted on September 12, 2016 by thomasfarley01

When I signed up for my Creative Nonfiction Workshop (internal link) I did not know writing by that name was a genre. It is. As today’s kids would say, “It’s a thing.” I thought creative nonfiction a term to describe … Continue reading →

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