Autumn Konopka
Blog.
Wherein I discuss (sporadically at best) writing, reading, books & movies, grammar & punctuation, the publishing process, running, mental health, running for mental health, and whatever else happens to move me.
Poet Writes a Novel, pt. 2: My Worst Nightmare
As a poet who recklessly dove head first into writing a novel, it didn’t take long for me to begin experiencing the crippling friction between the needs of a long story, with a vast word count, and the slow, perfectionist tendencies I possess as a poet.
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It turns out you can learn a lot about writing from an article about the Chainsmokers and fitness apps.
Continue readingPoet Writes a Novel, pt. 1
I'm a poet. I have no business writing a novel. But apparently that's what I'm doing.
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The Most Important Thing I Learned in 2020 is to Love Jane Austen
I had managed to avoid Jane Austen until I was 41, counting her among the many dead white writers who’d gotten plenty of attention and surely didn’t need mine. But I'm not sure I would have made it through the hellscape of 2020 without her.
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