True Facts About the Art and Craft of Writing: adagio for two voices in dissonant agreement

by Ruth Nestvold and Jay Lake

Originally published on IROSF, December 2005

Foreshadowing:

Jay recently said the following on his LiveJournal page:

“Span of control” is the story size (and shape) that I can hold in my head and manage organically, to produce a competent (or better than competent) first draft with a strong, consistent voice. As opposed to work outside my span of control, which tends to be far more laborious, requiring multiple restarts and editing sessions and considera...