A writing guide for mystery authors covering clue design, crime construction, and plot twists, with craft-focused posts on tropes and examples from classic films. The issues also include serialized fiction excerpts that serve as demonstrations of the techniques discussed.
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Contreforme is a literary newsletter by Thibault Malfoy offering essays on reading, writing and the craft of imagination, with close readings of contemporary and classic novels. Readers get thoughtful analysis of authors such as Rachel Cusk, John Harrison and Tanizaki, plus advice on how writers can leave room for the reader's imagination.
A Substack on the craft and practice of writing fiction and creative non-fiction, covering storytelling technique, grammar and punctuation, and the writing life. Issues combine practical advice with historical and literary context, organised into topic-based tool-kits.
Lucy Sante writes personal essays on the craft of writing, covering reading as a working writer's discipline, the role of punctuation as tempo, and resisting narrow labels for writers. Readers get sharp, witty reflections on language, labor and the writer's life.
A newsletter offering craft advice for aspiring women's fiction writers, covering story planning, critique groups and narrative structure. It draws on the author's experience as a developmental editor and writing coach working with midlife writers.
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