See My Head Explode

Lately, I’ve been talking with two other writers about craft. Our styles are widely divergent. We, naturally, each insist our own way is best…but what we really mean is that the way we write is best for US, not necessarily for anyone else. Anyone who thinks craft can be taught ought to hear us argue.

So, for the sake of discussion, the three of us tore apart my appallingly drafted manuscript. I started writing in the days when we mixed head-hopping and author narrative with impunity. I’ve spen...