Posts by Sean Glatch
Satire Definition: How to Write Satire
If there’s any genre of literature designed to make fun of humankind, it’s satire. In both prose and poetry, writers have employed satirical techniques as far back as Ancient Egypt,…
Read MoreBraided Essays and How to Write Them
When I first started reading and writing creative nonfiction, I was particularly struck by the “braided essay”—its poeticism, its interlacing movements, its endless possibilities. The beauty of a braid lies…
Read MoreDiscourse and Dial-Up: The History of Writers.com
This is an interview with Mark Dahlby, the founder of Writers.com. Mark started Writers.com in 1995 as the first website for online writing education—and one of the first websites, period.…
Read MoreProtagonist Definition: How to Create the Perfect Protagonist
If you’re writing any kind of fiction, from a short story to a screenplay, your story has a protagonist. This is the character or characters around whom the story centers.…
Read MoreBurnt bacon
Burnt bacon
for a few seconds
the dog forgets me
Moss and bark
Moss and bark in
the abandoned empty
shopping car
Canal waves
Sleepy canal waves
mirror firefly carnival
heartache softens
Fan breeze
Fan breeze. Pinned to
wall, paper turns butterfly
fluttering wings
Dove
The dove egg-sits up
top on the ledge of the porch
from my couch
Iron skillet rusting
Iron skillet rusting
In rank summer grass—
The peeling clapboard cottage