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Writing Assignment: How to write a précis

Posted on March 8, 2024 by Fred Bubbers

This is a high school writing assignment given to help students prepare for writing college-level academic critical essays. You are a lowly intern in the script department of a major movie studio. Every week, hundreds of short story manuscripts flood … Continue reading →

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The RIF

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Fred Bubbers

I read this excerpt from a much longer story at my graduate reading at Vermont College of Fine Arts in July of 2019. The entire story was later published as a chapbook by Blue Cubicle Press. Saturday Dietrich’s plate is … Continue reading →

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Narrative Distance

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Fred Bubbers

Mary Lavin’s In the Middle of the Fields Mary Lavin’s linked short stories about the life of Vera Traske are all written in third-person, but the narrative distance employed varies from story to story, not only depending on the requirements … Continue reading →