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Will Klein @ketchiklein.bsky.social · 20h

Submitting is so punishing, (and expensive, for many venues,) that getting published just doesn't feel worth it. I love my work regardless and, despite winning some writing contests, no one has ever reached out to say they read my stories. What's the incentive supposed to be?

Will Klein @ketchiklein.bsky.social · 21h

Me, editing my novel: "This isn't so bad! I just needs work in the beginning. And the middle. And the end."

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Caitlin Rozakis @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social · 1d

No one has to read your writing for you to be a writer. Writing for the joy of writing is time well-spent, no matter what happens to the project after it's finished (or even if it's finished). Spending time making art (grand art, meaningful art, silly art) is one of the best parts of being human.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Will Klein @ketchiklein.bsky.social · 1d

Final Destination intensifies.

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Will Klein @ketchiklein.bsky.social · 2d

Hamlet is actually his own father. It can be proved through algebra.

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Will Klein @ketchiklein.bsky.social · 2d

Replacing all your verbs with nouns in verb form doesn't make your prose more engaging, it usually makes it unreadable.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Will Klein @ketchiklein.bsky.social · 5d

"Thank you, Daddy, may I have another?"

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Will Klein @ketchiklein.bsky.social · 6d

"It's finally time to give LeBron James his due"

"It's finally time to give Die Hard its due"

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Will Klein @ketchiklein.bsky.social · 6d

"No."

--Me

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Will Klein @ketchiklein.bsky.social · 13d

I once had someone tell me that they didn't like my writing because they "had to read every word" to understand it. I asked how they normally read, and they said they liked to just read the first and last sentences of paragraphs.

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Will Klein @ketchiklein.bsky.social · 16d

Bad prose has adverbs. Good prose replaces grammar with as many nouns as possible. "Jade firs candled mountain scruff." That's a great sentence. The best prose requires you to trace your finger along the words, repeating them under your breath, like a kindergartener learning to read.

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