Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping | 
pickFascinating, thought-provoking important book that is definitely worth reading if you are at all interested in writing, storytelling, craft, workshopping, or really, are a reader who wants to know about how any & all of this is taught. Delving into the cultural underpinnings of writers‘ workshops, what & how they teach, Salesses argues it is necessary to incorporate diverse writers & storytelling traditions in building a better model. Excellent.
pickThe first part of this book is useful for readers as well as writers. It examines how a lot of literature is developed, read, and critiqued from a distinctly white, middle class, cis male perspective. It is good to help think about how one might be reading non-western literature or what one might see as challenging norms. The second part is more directed at teaching methods to overcome these biases. 4⭐️
This post actually isn‘t about this book at all, but since an earlier blurb I posted had a progress photo of my COVID quilt, I thought I‘d post again since I finished piecing the top!
Pretty pleased with how it turned out.
pickI loved this book! The author is a writing teacher and this book is his philosophy of what a meaningful writing workshop could be for writers who fall outside of the Hemingway demographic (white, straight, male, cis, affluent, able, etc.)
He articulates why I have typically found traditional workshopping a less than helpful experience and I want to be part of these new workshop structures!
I received an ARC from NetGalley for an honest review.
Next ARC! Super excited about this one.
