The Quiet Alchemist

How to make your fiction come alive with detail. Today we're exploring one of the most important lessons in writing excellent fiction – banishing generality and embracing the particular. We'll hear excerpts from Margaret Atwood and Natalie Goldberg to aid us in exploring how to make our writing better by being specific.

Our example short story is "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates.

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Find Morgan's Poetry Masterclass on how to get published here: https://poetry-masterclass.thinkific.com/courses/poetry-masterclass

Find Morgan's poetry chapbook, Barefoot and Running, here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/barefoot-and-running-morgan-liphart/1138411141?ean=9781735957906

The podcast that transforms you into a better writer. Bite-size episodes each week with concrete, practical tips to improve your writing. We dive into all different literary forms, like poetry, short stories, and novels. Pull up a seat and let's get your pen making magic.

How to pick the most important part of your poem: the title. Since the title is the first (and perhaps the only) impression a reader or editor will get of your poem, we must ensure it's great. We explore the principles of effective titles and common pitfalls to avoid.

Our example poem is "Girls That Never Die" by Safia Elhillo.

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Find Morgan's Poetry Masterclass on how to get published here: https://poetry-masterclass.thinkific.com/courses/poetry-masterclass

Find Morgan's poetry chapbook, Barefoot and Running, here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/barefoot-and-running-morgan-liphart/1138411141?ean=9781735957906

How to take your poem from mediocre to amazing. Today we're diving into a core technique that will uplevel your writing – revising towards strangeness. We push the limits of the poem to unique and strange ground in this lesson.

Our example poem is Sugar by Penny Campbell.

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Find Morgan's Poetry Masterclass on how to get published here: https://poetry-masterclass.thinkific.com/courses/poetry-masterclass

Find Morgan's poetry chapbook, Barefoot and Running, here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/barefoot-and-running-morgan-liphart/1138411141?ean=9781735957906