Karen Brown
@karenbrownbooks.bsky.social
Writer. Two story collections, two novels. Teacher of creative writing.
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The February edition of No Failure, Only Practice is live! In this month’s craft essay, I discuss how I’ve been adapting my own novel-in-progress into a screenplay as a revision practice, as well as how doing something similar might hopefully be useful to you. Thank you for reading!
#48: Action, Dialogue, Image: Using Screenwriting as a Revision Tool for Fiction
Virginia Woolf, Jesse Eisenberg, Nicholson Baker.
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February 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The February edition of No Failure, Only Practice is live! In this month’s craft essay, I discuss how I’ve been adapting my own novel-in-progress into a screenplay as a revision practice, as well as how doing something similar might hopefully be useful to you. Thank you for reading!
Reposted by Karen Brown
“I tell people, Make a list of ten things you hate and tear them down in a short story or poem. Make a list of ten things you love and celebrate them. When I wrote ‘Fahrenheit 451’ I hated book burners and I loved libraries. So there you are” —Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury, The Art of Fiction No. 203
Photo by Sophie Bassouls / Sygma via Getty Images, Courtesy The Ray Bradbury Literary Works, LLC. Ray Bradbury has a vacation house in Palm Springs, California, in the desert at the base of the Santa…
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January 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I tell people, Make a list of ten things you hate and tear them down in a short story or poem. Make a list of ten things you love and celebrate them. When I wrote ‘Fahrenheit 451’ I hated book burners and I loved libraries. So there you are” —Ray Bradbury
Was the hanging death of mill worker Sarah Maria Connell suicide or murder? 1830s New England, a Methodist minister tried for the crime and acquitted—this is a fascinating look into a forgotten case by Kate Winkler Dawson.
January 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Was the hanging death of mill worker Sarah Maria Connell suicide or murder? 1830s New England, a Methodist minister tried for the crime and acquitted—this is a fascinating look into a forgotten case by Kate Winkler Dawson.
Sunrise. Early morning writing.
December 21, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Sunrise. Early morning writing.
The hardest part for me is sitting still and doing the work.
November 17, 2024 at 12:48 PM
The hardest part for me is sitting still and doing the work.