On Plot: Captain Happen & Other Devices

 

Writing is hard. Sometimes when writing fiction, the narrative's momentum sputters to a stop. Charles Baxter, a fiction writer and essayist, shares six quick and dirty plot devices to increase the sense of urgency and keep a story moving forward before talking about the narratives he returns to in his own work.

 

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Image michigan quarterly review
Audio freemusicarchive.org podington bear