Why Is This Good?

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In this episode, we discuss “An Alpine Divorce” by Robert Barr. What can we learn from this old story? How quickly can we establish the dynamics among the characters to set up the story? How can we foreshadow what will happen and keep reader interest with the twist ending? How does a distant narrator function? How can a narrator guide a reader’s expectations?

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In this episode, we discuss “Miss Furr and Miss Skeene” by Gertrude Stein. What can we learn from this story written as prose poetry? What is a prose poem? How can we overload a word’s meaning to dig deeper into a situation? What does the writing gain or lose by being poetry or being prose?

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In this episode, we discuss “The Fifty-Ninth Bear” by Sylvia Plath. What can we learn from this story by such an accomplished poet? How well can an author get outside of themself to portray a compelling character and story? How much can we read beyond the page into the motives and feelings of the characters, and how much should we?

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In this episode, we discuss “Say Yes” by Tobias Wolff. What can we learn from this quick story with great depth? How can a story create depth of character without relying on backstory and character history? How can a mundane setup help focus a story on its central point? How can a story introduce the main elements it will develop right at the start?

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In this episode, we discuss “At the Clinic” by Sally Rooney. What can we learn from this story about characters that are also the focus of a novel? How can we set up the threads that will be woven together through a story? How does point of view help focus what a story is about?