Aimee Liu
@aimeeliu.bsky.social
#Author, #MFA prof, photopainter, Substacker.
Find me: https://aimeeliu.substack.com/
https://aimeeliu.net/
Some #Books: GAINING, CLOUD MOUNTAIN, GLORIOUS BOY, SOLITAIRE.
Find me: https://aimeeliu.substack.com/
https://aimeeliu.net/
Some #Books: GAINING, CLOUD MOUNTAIN, GLORIOUS BOY, SOLITAIRE.
Confessions of a #Playwright Cast as a #Dramaturg
By the brilliant playwright Kyle Bass, a special for all #theater lovers and dramatic #writers!
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By the brilliant playwright Kyle Bass, a special for all #theater lovers and dramatic #writers!
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Confessions of a Playwright Cast as a Dramaturg
Award-winning playwright Kyle Bass on the importance of being a dramaturg-- at least for awhile
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November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Confessions of a #Playwright Cast as a #Dramaturg
By the brilliant playwright Kyle Bass, a special for all #theater lovers and dramatic #writers!
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By the brilliant playwright Kyle Bass, a special for all #theater lovers and dramatic #writers!
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#writingcommunity
There’s the promise of a new day, the sense of beginning, the coming of light and hope. Then there’s the pressure that mornings can inflict, to get up and go and prove yourself worthy. Whether you view morning with delight or dread, you can play with this #metaphor in your work.
There’s the promise of a new day, the sense of beginning, the coming of light and hope. Then there’s the pressure that mornings can inflict, to get up and go and prove yourself worthy. Whether you view morning with delight or dread, you can play with this #metaphor in your work.
Writing Prompt: Morning
Visual inspiration + mental exercise to start your writing week
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November 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
#writingcommunity
There’s the promise of a new day, the sense of beginning, the coming of light and hope. Then there’s the pressure that mornings can inflict, to get up and go and prove yourself worthy. Whether you view morning with delight or dread, you can play with this #metaphor in your work.
There’s the promise of a new day, the sense of beginning, the coming of light and hope. Then there’s the pressure that mornings can inflict, to get up and go and prove yourself worthy. Whether you view morning with delight or dread, you can play with this #metaphor in your work.
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Let’s all remember zillionaire Prince Muhammad, Ben Samine of Saudi Arabia cold bloodily, personally oversaw the assassination of WaPo journalist Jamal Kashoggi- assassins cut the body up in pieces with a saw. These are the kinds of people that Trump warmly invites to our people’s White House!
November 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Let’s all remember zillionaire Prince Muhammad, Ben Samine of Saudi Arabia cold bloodily, personally oversaw the assassination of WaPo journalist Jamal Kashoggi- assassins cut the body up in pieces with a saw. These are the kinds of people that Trump warmly invites to our people’s White House!
#writingcommunity. Looking for a #literaryagent ? Meet Kimberley Cameron! Full video and recap of takeaways in this post!
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Agents Today! Well Published Live with Kimberley Cameron
A recording from Aimee Liu's live interview with literary agent Kimberley Cameron
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November 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#writingcommunity. Looking for a #literaryagent ? Meet Kimberley Cameron! Full video and recap of takeaways in this post!
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Corrupt 🤡🤡🤡
Corrupt 🤡🤡🤡
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM
“I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words—not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.” — Don DeLillo
#writingprompt
#writingcommunity
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#writingprompt
#writingcommunity
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Writing Prompt: Juxtaposition
Visual inspiration + mental exercise to start your writing week
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November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words—not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.” — Don DeLillo
#writingprompt
#writingcommunity
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#writingprompt
#writingcommunity
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The most basic reason for writers to make a study of #personality is to avoid the fatal pitfall of writing all characters in your own mirror image.
Use this guide to analyze your characters’ core traits when writing your story.
#writingcommunity
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Use this guide to analyze your characters’ core traits when writing your story.
#writingcommunity
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Put Your Characters on the Couch
Think like a therapist to get to the authentic complexity of every individual in your story
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November 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The most basic reason for writers to make a study of #personality is to avoid the fatal pitfall of writing all characters in your own mirror image.
Use this guide to analyze your characters’ core traits when writing your story.
#writingcommunity
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Use this guide to analyze your characters’ core traits when writing your story.
#writingcommunity
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#writingcommunity and fans of #maxinehongkingston
You will enjoy my reminiscence about Maxine with the brilliant Ben Yagoda in his #podcast The Lives They Were Living.
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You will enjoy my reminiscence about Maxine with the brilliant Ben Yagoda in his #podcast The Lives They Were Living.
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Aimee Liu on Maxine Hong Kingston
Podcast Episode · The Lives They're Living · 11/06/2025 · 31m
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November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
#writingcommunity and fans of #maxinehongkingston
You will enjoy my reminiscence about Maxine with the brilliant Ben Yagoda in his #podcast The Lives They Were Living.
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You will enjoy my reminiscence about Maxine with the brilliant Ben Yagoda in his #podcast The Lives They Were Living.
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#Democrat Aftab Pureval wins #Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, half-brother of Vice President #JDVance
ALL RIGHT
ALL RIGHT
ALL RIGHT 💙💙💙💙💙💙
ALL RIGHT
ALL RIGHT
ALL RIGHT 💙💙💙💙💙💙
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
#Democrat Aftab Pureval wins #Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, half-brother of Vice President #JDVance
ALL RIGHT
ALL RIGHT
ALL RIGHT 💙💙💙💙💙💙
ALL RIGHT
ALL RIGHT
ALL RIGHT 💙💙💙💙💙💙
REPUDIATE REPUBLICANS
WE DID IT TONIGHT
WE CAN DO IT AGAIN
AND AGAIN
WE DID IT TONIGHT
WE CAN DO IT AGAIN
AND AGAIN
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
REPUDIATE REPUBLICANS
WE DID IT TONIGHT
WE CAN DO IT AGAIN
AND AGAIN
WE DID IT TONIGHT
WE CAN DO IT AGAIN
AND AGAIN
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
#writingcommunity What’s happening in today’s #writingprompt ? For me, it’s a near perfect representation of life under Trump. But maybe this picture summons entirely different references for you.
Here’s your #mfalore prompt:
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Here’s your #mfalore prompt:
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Writing Prompt: Can't STOP the Feeling
Visual inspiration + mental exercise to start your writing week
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November 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
#writingcommunity What’s happening in today’s #writingprompt ? For me, it’s a near perfect representation of life under Trump. But maybe this picture summons entirely different references for you.
Here’s your #mfalore prompt:
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Here’s your #mfalore prompt:
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Finally figured out what’s wrong with the #republican party.
November 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Finally figured out what’s wrong with the #republican party.
#writingcommunity If you'd like an MFA faculty eye on your creative prose, please consider the Take-5 packet option of my #Substack #MFALore:
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November 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#writingcommunity If you'd like an MFA faculty eye on your creative prose, please consider the Take-5 packet option of my #Substack #MFALore:
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#writingcommunity
if you write #nonfiction, you do not want to miss this video interview with #Pulitzer -winning author Edward Humes !
Ed's most important story is about a song that exemplifies the magical power of narrative nonfiction —to move us emotionally.
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if you write #nonfiction, you do not want to miss this video interview with #Pulitzer -winning author Edward Humes !
Ed's most important story is about a song that exemplifies the magical power of narrative nonfiction —to move us emotionally.
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The Magic of Narrative Nonfiction with Pulitzer Prize-winner Ed Humes
A recording from Aimee Liu's live video about the craft of narrative nonfiction, with award-winning author Edward Humes
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November 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
#writingcommunity
if you write #nonfiction, you do not want to miss this video interview with #Pulitzer -winning author Edward Humes !
Ed's most important story is about a song that exemplifies the magical power of narrative nonfiction —to move us emotionally.
open.substack.com/pub/aimeeliu...
if you write #nonfiction, you do not want to miss this video interview with #Pulitzer -winning author Edward Humes !
Ed's most important story is about a song that exemplifies the magical power of narrative nonfiction —to move us emotionally.
open.substack.com/pub/aimeeliu...
November 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#writingcommunity here’s a glimpse of the treasures you’ll find at #mfalore on Substack at open.substack.com/pub/aimeeliu...
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#writingcommunity #mfa #mfalore #creativewriting All this and much more @MFA Lore. Substack link in bio. | Aimee Liu Books
#writingcommunity #mfa #mfalore #creativewriting All this and much more @MFA Lore. Substack link in bio.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
#writingcommunity here’s a glimpse of the treasures you’ll find at #mfalore on Substack at open.substack.com/pub/aimeeliu...
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Fans of #bestsellingauthor Lauren Ling Brown, you won't want to miss our conversation about her approach to writing "Society of Lies," her #multiracial women's #thriller.
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Fans of #bestsellingauthor Lauren Ling Brown, you won't want to miss our conversation about her approach to writing "Society of Lies," her #multiracial women's #thriller.
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Reese’s Book Club Author Lauren Ling Brown Reveals How She Wrote ‘Society of Lies’
This debut novel is possibly the first bestselling multiracial women’s thriller
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October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#writingcommunity
Fans of #bestsellingauthor Lauren Ling Brown, you won't want to miss our conversation about her approach to writing "Society of Lies," her #multiracial women's #thriller.
baos.pub/reeses-book-...
Fans of #bestsellingauthor Lauren Ling Brown, you won't want to miss our conversation about her approach to writing "Society of Lies," her #multiracial women's #thriller.
baos.pub/reeses-book-...
According to ProPublica more than 170 Americans have been detained by #ICE in recent months. The regime doesn’t even track the number — forget due process.
THIS SHOULD BE THE TOP HEADLINE IN EVERY MEDIA ACROSS AMERICA. YELL IT AND UPDATE AS THIS MONSTROUS REGIME CONTINUES TO DISAPPEAR US CITIZENS.
THIS SHOULD BE THE TOP HEADLINE IN EVERY MEDIA ACROSS AMERICA. YELL IT AND UPDATE AS THIS MONSTROUS REGIME CONTINUES TO DISAPPEAR US CITIZENS.
October 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
According to ProPublica more than 170 Americans have been detained by #ICE in recent months. The regime doesn’t even track the number — forget due process.
THIS SHOULD BE THE TOP HEADLINE IN EVERY MEDIA ACROSS AMERICA. YELL IT AND UPDATE AS THIS MONSTROUS REGIME CONTINUES TO DISAPPEAR US CITIZENS.
THIS SHOULD BE THE TOP HEADLINE IN EVERY MEDIA ACROSS AMERICA. YELL IT AND UPDATE AS THIS MONSTROUS REGIME CONTINUES TO DISAPPEAR US CITIZENS.
#ANTI-VAXXERS ARE PROMOTING #CANCER according to the latest studies on #Covid vaccines as cancer fighters. Yes, the #GOP is killing us in so many more ways than you have yet to imagine.
Yale Medical School:
Cancer patients who received the COVID vaccine had a near doubling of overall survival.
Yale Medical School:
Cancer patients who received the COVID vaccine had a near doubling of overall survival.
How the COVID Vaccine Could Help Treat Cancer
Dr F. Perry Wilson comments on a study that could dramatically change our approach to cancer.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#ANTI-VAXXERS ARE PROMOTING #CANCER according to the latest studies on #Covid vaccines as cancer fighters. Yes, the #GOP is killing us in so many more ways than you have yet to imagine.
Yale Medical School:
Cancer patients who received the COVID vaccine had a near doubling of overall survival.
Yale Medical School:
Cancer patients who received the COVID vaccine had a near doubling of overall survival.
#writingprompt #writingcommunity
The tension between the two poles will evoke longing for some, anxiety or even terror for others.
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The tension between the two poles will evoke longing for some, anxiety or even terror for others.
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Writing Prompt: Near & Far
Visual inspiration + mental exercise to start your writing week
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October 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
#writingprompt #writingcommunity
The tension between the two poles will evoke longing for some, anxiety or even terror for others.
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The tension between the two poles will evoke longing for some, anxiety or even terror for others.
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What #onebattleafteranother can teach the #fiction and #memoir #writingcommunity about drama and conflict and the management of dual narrative frames.
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Braiding Drama and Conflict: Why Your Story's Context Matters as Much as Its Plot
'One Battle After Another' is a master class in the "Romeo & Juliet Principle"
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October 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
What #onebattleafteranother can teach the #fiction and #memoir #writingcommunity about drama and conflict and the management of dual narrative frames.
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Colorado #REPUBLICAN has been found GUILTY of #voterFRAUD for casting ballots for both her late ex-husband and son.
Republicans are the criminals almost every time
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Republicans are the criminals almost every time
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Colorado woman found guilty of voter fraud for casting ballots for late ex-husband and son
Prosecutors in Colorado say a woman has been found guilty of voter fraud for casting ballots for both her late ex-husband and son in the 2022 election.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Colorado #REPUBLICAN has been found GUILTY of #voterFRAUD for casting ballots for both her late ex-husband and son.
Republicans are the criminals almost every time
apnews.com/article/voti...
Republicans are the criminals almost every time
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