Beyond One-Note Nastiness: On Getting Inside the Head of a Despicable Character

Beyond One-Note Nastiness: On Getting Inside the Head of a Despicable Character

Shannon Bowring Shares Her Experience With Writing From an Antagonist’s Point of View

By Shannon Bowring | October 8, 2025

Letting Places Grow Like Characters: Transforming Your Hometown into a Fictional World

Letting Places Grow Like Characters: Transforming Your Hometown into a Fictional World

Shannon Bowring on Setting a Book’s Sequel in the Same, Yet Evolving, Literary Universe

By Shannon Bowring | September 5, 2024

Everything is Connected: A Reading List of Linked Stories

Everything is Connected: A Reading List of Linked Stories

Shannon Bowring Recommends Sherwood Anderson, Elizabeth Strout, and More

By Shannon Bowring | June 7, 2023

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