70% of Writing is revision.
~ Matthew Parker
We want our charaters complex and our conflicts simple.
~ Matthew Parker
Never assume your readers know what you're talking about.
~ Matthew Parker
Read your work aloud, especially dialog.
~ Matthew Parker
Don't go into a story without knowing
your character's backstory.
~ Matthew Parker
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POETRY PAGE ● |
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Matthew Parker Bio. |
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Matthew Parker Articles |
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Books to Read (PDF) |
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| "Shiloh" by Bobbie Ann Mason | "The Savage Detectives: A Novel" --- The New Canon |
| "The Lover" Marguerite Duras |
"The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" Junot Diaz |
| "Dune" Frank Herbert |
"Their Eyes Were Watching God" Zora Neale Hurston |
| "Barn Burning" William Faulkner |
"White Night in Split Town City" Annie DeWitt |
| "Catch 22" Joeseph Heller |
White Nights in Split Town City Annie DeWitt |
| "The Human Variable" Dan Bevacqua |
"Slaughterhouse Five" Kurt Vonnegut |
| Sometimes A Great Notion Ken Kensey |
"Sometimes a Great Notion" Ken Kesey |
| "The Colonel" Carolyn Forche |
Civil Peace Chinua Achebe |
| White Noise Don DeLillo |
V for Vendetta Alan Moore |
| Frankenstein Mary Shelley |
White Teeth Zadie Smith |
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