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Carver’s Cathedral: Different Interpretations at Different Stages of Life
Heidi Moore writes wonderfully re-imagined modern stories based on Greek mythology, among other things. She is also a medical doctor and...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Jan 24, 20133 min read
Naming the Voice: Prejudice and Change in Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral”
Clifford Garstang wrote two of the best books I read last year (links at the end of this post) and I am happy to host his contribution to...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Jan 23, 20134 min read
The Effective Use of Authorial Judgment in Carver’s Cathedral
<img class="size-medium wp-image-1311 lazyload" alt="Brad Windhauser is an author, teacher, and blogger." src="https://ericswyatt.files.w...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Jan 22, 20133 min read
There’s No More Time To Shop: Here’s a List of Books to Buy Anyway!
All of the titles mentioned in this blog post (with the exception of out-of-print books) can be found here: http://astore.amazon.com/wile...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Dec 24, 20123 min read
A Week With Dorothy Parker: You Were Perfectly Fine
I hope you enjoyed the essays I posted this week focused on Dorothy Parker’s classic story, You Were Perfectly Fine. Based on the blog...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Dec 21, 20122 min read
A week with Dorothy Parker: Subtlety of Structure
[su_note](Editor’s Note: You can find even more posts about Dorothy Parker’s story, You Were Perfectly Fine, by checking out the Dorothy...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Dec 20, 20123 min read
A week with You Were Perfectly Fine: Wit, Wisecracking, & Calisthenics with words.
Ginger Pinholster is a writer and fellow graduate of the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte. You can connect with her on...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Dec 19, 20123 min read
A Week with You Were Perfectly Fine: Dramatic Irony vs. Antithetical Discourse
Belinda Nicoll is the author of the memoir, Out of Sync, as well as a writing and life coach. (You can read an earlier interview I did...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Dec 18, 20123 min read
In case you missed it: A Good Man is Hard to Find
Earlier today I kicked off my December guest blog blizzard which will focus on Dorothy Parker’s short story, You Were Perfectly Fine. In...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Dec 17, 20121 min read
Spending a week with a story: You Were Perfectly Fine
In February of 2010, I posted a brief summary and discussion of Dorothy Parker’s classic short story, You Were Perfectly Fine. When I...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Dec 17, 20124 min read
A Good Man…We’re All Misfits.
This is the (belated) final installment of the series of guest contributions focused on Flannery O’Connor’s story, A Good Man is Hard to...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Nov 28, 20126 min read
A Good Man…Beyond the Names We Know
Naming our characters (or, sometimes, not naming our characters) is a big piece of the literary puzzle for many writers. This is the...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Nov 21, 20123 min read
A Good Man…Good vs. Evil
I met Kelly Fordon while I was pursuing my MFA. She was working on a novel told from the point of view of a U.S. Congressman’s young...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Nov 20, 20124 min read
Guest Week: A Good Man is Hard to Find
Over the next few days (with a break for the Thanksgiving holiday, naturally) I’ve asked some of my favorite writer friends to help out...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Nov 18, 20121 min read
One Letter Separates “tale” from “stale”
I was writing a brief critique this week, and as I wrote something like, “You’ve done a nice job of telling this tale,” my itchy s-finger...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Aug 16, 20122 min read
Reading as a Writer
New York City. We were watching a movie last night, (Man on a Ledge, not that it matters for the purposes of this blog) and it occurred...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Jun 13, 20123 min read
Repetition and Reading – Tools for Writers
I’m not naturally a person who reads a book multiple times or watches the same movie over and over. There are too many things I haven’t...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Oct 17, 20112 min read
Structure & Inspiration: Goal is Not a 4-Letter Word
I try to post the Unblocker prompts on Tuesday and Thursday, and post the video blog in the middle, but I wasn’t very good with reading...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Sep 29, 20111 min read
One Week Down, A Lifetime to Go
So, a peak behind the curtain… Last week I blogged that I’ve become more and more convinced that tracking and awareness are key...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Jan 31, 20112 min read
You Were Perfectly Fine, by Dorothy Parker
[su_note](Editor’s Note: You can find even more posts about Dorothy Parker’s story, You Were Perfectly Fine, by checking out the Dorothy...

Eric Sheridan Wyatt
Feb 11, 20104 min read
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