Posts by Sean Glatch
What is an Antagonist? Definition & Examples
Because most stories involve conflict, most stories also involve an antagonist. Your protagonist—the main character—will struggle to achieve something important to them, and the antagonist will further complicate this struggle.…
Read MoreLiterary Fiction vs. Genre Fiction
The world of fiction writing can be split into two categories: literary fiction vs. genre fiction. Literary fiction (lit fic) generally describes work that’s character-driven and realistic, whereas genre fiction…
Read MoreHow to Write a Narrative Essay
When writers set down the facts of their lives into a compelling story, they’re writing a narrative essay. Personal narrative essays explore the events of the writer’s own life, and…
Read MoreWhat is a Prose Poem? Understanding Prose Poetry
Few literary genres allow for experimentation quite as easily as prose poetry. Blending the techniques of prose with the emotion and lyricism of poetry, the best prose poems uncover subconscious…
Read MoreSpeed
James Dean died On Hwy 46 west of Lost Hills ’55 silver Porsche Spyder going too damned fast Drove by there the other day coyote crossed in front of me…
Read MoreLeaving
He’d be leaving town soon. He’d be leaving, lightly loaded, on the bus. Two items still to part with: A car with bad breaks, significant steering problems, and bald tires.…
Read MoreWindows
There is a window that invites with its invisible rim screenless screen diaphanous curtain ripples in the breeze. The window breathes in and breathes out the inside air and the…
Read Morewind telepathy, lost agency, and a barking dog.
the volunteer morning glories sound their single white note, floating on noise-chorus tangled, green audio. flash of goldfinch beneath pale memory, moon yellow butterfly zig-zag flight hardly less than vivid,…
Read MoreCarnival Ride/No Carnival
My first reaction is to put Ben in park while hanging upside down. Ben is my first new car and is in the middle of the road sideways like a…
Read MoreIt Started in Eastham
Your mother believes in Egyptian cotton, eating meat, and a person can never be too thin or rich. Your dad lives in the land of sentiment and poetry and sends…
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