Not a Freytag Pyramid Writer? Try the Vignette Novel.

on being spooked by rising action + an alt novel structure to try + writing encouragement & prompts with Tove Jansson, Evan S. Connell, and Khadijah Queen

Do you also feel like your novel is under construction, holding up a bridge, has a train running through it and a portable toilet plopped in? [Photo taken at an exit ramp in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati.]

Hi there. Today we will write.

Find a comfortable spot, ready a drink you enjoy—coffee with a dollop of ice cream for me—and soon we will …