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Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante
On Hybrid Writing: Finding the Right Container for the Story You Need to Tell
Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante Embrace the Importance of Genre Fluidity
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On Beauty and Its Opposite: Writing Toward Aesthetic Force
Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante on the Importance of the Singular Image
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| July 18, 2025
Genre is a Container, Not a Cage, a Tool, Not a Limitation
Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante on the Importance Writing Outside Your Comfort Zone
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| July 11, 2025
Have You Considered an Anarchist Approach to Plot?
Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante on Throwing Bombs, Emotional Movement, and Other Plot Devices
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| July 3, 2025
I’m
Obsessed
: On the Importance of Getting Lost in Your Writing
The First in a Five-Part Series on the Craft of Writing by Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante
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Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante
| June 27, 2025
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