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What Have I Been Reading This Year?
I started this SubStack approximately a year ago to study writing. Along the way, I read and studied a lot of things. What were they?
Aug 17
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Nathan Schuetz
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What Have I Been Reading This Year?
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Mundane is Interesting
If everything is magical, nothing is
Aug 4
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Nathan Schuetz
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Mundane is Interesting
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July 2023
A Raymond Chandler Inspired Thriller: Imperial Bedrooms, by Bret Easton Ellis
"(...) an extremely painful period in my life, a midlife crisis you might call it, and yet I went to this book every night after dealing with this…
Jul 27
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Nathan Schuetz
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Still Writing; Despite Ten Tragedies
Why exactly I have been posting inconsistently, and that I will be posting regularly again starting last week. And, over the last few weeks, I’ve…
Jul 19
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Nathan Schuetz
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The Story Structure of Revenge: BAIT, by Bret Easton Ellis
BAIT is a script by Bret Easton Ellis from 2011 about horrible people getting what they deserve with the help of some sharks.
Jul 11
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Nathan Schuetz
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An Interview with Garrett Francis: Author, Journal Founder, & Former Publisher
Garret Francis is the author of The Em(erald) Dash, a literary newsletter that features essays, short stories, and serialized novels. He has also…
Jul 4
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Nathan Schuetz
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An Interview with Garrett Francis: Author, Journal Founder, & Former Publisher
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June 2023
Character Driven Stories: a Look at Lee Sarpel’s Razor Strike
Razor Strike, by Lee Sarpel, is a cyberpunk novel about the relationship between two well-meaning characters with violent careers. One of them, Trez, is…
Jun 27
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Nathan Schuetz
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The Miserable Emptiness and The Dog
Once upon a time, there was a knight who was feeling down on his luck. He didn't have a really great reason for feeling like he did. When he tried to…
Jun 9
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Nathan Schuetz
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May 2023
The Howl Society
This is a community of horror authors that is unlike anything else out there. They welcome newcomers. There are over a dozen published authors who…
May 5
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Nathan Schuetz
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Fiction: Hunters (a Horror Story)
Shortly before I got caught for everything, I spoke with a hunter one rainy evening near the end of my shift at the Co-Op where I worked as a cashier. I…
May 1
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Nathan Schuetz
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April 2023
Why Do You Read? What Makes a Good Story? Q&A With Twelve Authors (Part Two)
What makes a great character? What makes a great story? Why do you read? I asked these questions to several authors and game designers that I’m lucky…
Apr 12
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Nathan Schuetz
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Why Do You Read? What Makes a Good Story? Q&A With Twelve Authors (Part Two)
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Can You Adapt RPG Modules into Short Stories To Save Time?
I had intended to write some short stories based closely on pre-written RPG modules as an experiment. There’s a dozen reasons to do this, but the…
Apr 7
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