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Beth’s Wish

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Peter Selgin

Like most creative people I have a healthy distrust of rules. But when it comes to writing fiction there’s one rule I feel comfortable about giving to my students and applying myself: “Never state what’s implied.” The inverse (“Never imply … Continue reading →

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Pure Flux: The Author Revisits His Murdered Darlings

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Peter Selgin

Like Depression-era mothers, we fiction writers hate throwing things away. Instead of hoarding used Saran Wrap and dunked tea bags for rainy days, we squirrel away used words: titles, phrases, sentences, paragraphs—sometimes whole chapters or scenes—stuff that never made it … Continue reading →

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The Muffin Man

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Peter Selgin

Do you know the muffin man, / The muffin man, the muffin man, / Do you know the muffin man, / He lives on Drury Lane? Yes, I know—or I knew—the Muffin Man, though I’m not sure I knew his … Continue reading →

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Memories for Mom

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Peter Selgin

I think of growing up and remember all kinds of things. I remember our house on the hill, and big willow trees along the driveway, and all those magical places in the woods and fields that we turned into “forts.” … Continue reading →

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