A Shameless study in plot and character
A Year's Goals: 25 to 26
Essays, On WritingJessica McCrarycrime fiction, goals, inspiration, life, life right now, modern quilting, quilting, running, writing
"My main job is to tell stories, and to be a storyteller."
Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules for Writing
The Proverbial Floodgates
Strange and beautiful and slightly insane
Just sit at a typewriter and bleed.
"For me, the plot is the least intriguing part of a book" - and other thoughts on the process of writing
The Year of My First Novel
Christoph Waltz explains his love, and mine, for Tarantino's dialogue
An Homage to The Shining
Art, Essays, Popular CultureJessica McCraryAmerican culture, Architecture, art, film, icon, pop culture, snow days, winter, writing
"If I was noticing, then I was working." I am working.
A Serious Man: so serious, it's funny
On Writing: a few things I've learned about fiction
Essays, StoriesJessica McCrarycraft, create, creative spirit, crime novel, fiction, human experience, reading, stories, writing
Reading Robert Traver: a big murder in a small town
Essays, Family, Identity, Popular Culture, Reading listJessica McCrarycrime novel, family history, fiction, inspiration, Michigan, Michigan history, reading, writing
25: goals
A movie about culture, to influence our culture today
Henry Miller's commandments
"With the digital age come new conceptions of authorship."
Ai Weiwei: A game of chess and China's elemental flaw
