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THE FICTIONAL

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Stop Telling Me Your Characters Are Attractive
Stop Telling Me Your Characters Are Attractive

Creating a good description helps us define our characters for the reader, which is the first step towards bringing them to life.

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Words Words Words, Author's Notesjoel fishbaneMarch 29, 2021Screenwriting, writing, The FictionalComment
The Soviet School: The Education of Sergei Dovlatov
The Soviet School: The Education of Sergei Dovlatov
Words Words Wordsjoel fishbaneSeptember 14, 2019writing, The FictionalComment
Rhapsodic Ballet: How An American in Paris was Born
Rhapsodic Ballet: How An American in Paris was Born

On a chilly December night in 1927, the elite of New York filed into Carnegie Hall to hear a new concerto by one of the city’s most popular men.

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Author's Notesjoel fishbaneMarch 28, 2018Gershwin, The FictionalComment
When is Your Lover Like Your Literary Agent?
When is Your Lover Like Your Literary Agent?

One should never try to date and sell a novel at the same time; one bleeds into the other. Stood up on Friday night, I spent the weekend rewriting Chapter One. When an agent finally offered to represent me, I had to fight to urge to take her to meet my mother.....

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Author's Notesjoel fishbaneJanuary 18, 2017writingComment
What You'll Find in the Narrowest House in the World
What You'll Find in the Narrowest House in the World

The narrowest house in the world was built by a Polish architect and named after Israeli writer Etgar Keret. Few eponyms have been more apropos. Etgar means challenge while Keret means urban. What greater urban challenge than living in a place where, if you want to open the fridge, you have to stand in another room?

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Words Words Wordsjoel fishbaneSeptember 6, 2016Etgar KeretComment
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