The Paris Review: Jason Half-Pillow, The Art of Fiction No. 501
Jason Half-Pillow has been published in countless literary magazines that few people have read, and no one has read cover to cover, including their editors.
Tag: Writing
If This 8-Week Course Helped Improve MY Grammar, It Can Improve YOURS To
Before I took the on line course at Farmington's, I was just like you. My punctuation stank: my syntax was out of whack: and my spelling was down write atrocious!
Compounding Word Problems
Dave rates his self-confidence as a 4/10. Janine tells Dave how ugly his new soul patch is, and his rating falls to a 2. By what percentage has Dave's self-confidence dropped?
Otto Querrec, Founder of AutoCorrect, Defends His Existence
I twist nicknames into erotica. I randomly default to German. I'm a quirky invisible playmate. I graduated college with a major AND a minor. I rule your iPhone.
Why the News is Your Most Glamorous Enemy
The news has grown into an entertainment feature in and of itself, and not in a "laugh at all the corpses and thank fuck that bomb didn't go off here" kind of way.
Three Ways to Make Millions Writing Blogs
The creative process is cool but I need some serious money. I bet you crave the same. Digest my three-part prescriptive program for making millions.
5 Insanely Simple Steps to Crafting a Thought Catalog Article
Okay, so you want to write for Thought Catalog. Great! Wanting to write is half the battle! Of course, not wanting to write is also half the battle, so don't get too excited.
25 Words & Expressions With Completely New Meanings
Language is organic and needs to grow, but mostly it's vaguely sexual. Here is a glimpse into some meaning-morphing that you will use in everyday speech and print.
How to Be a Successful Writer in 5 Difficult Steps
Do not underestimate the importance of having two homes to being a writer, despite seeming to have nothing to do with telling a story. It's all about the dust jacket.
Man Fiction: Books About Shooting People in the Face
What exactly qualifies a book to be in the elite genre known as men's adventure? Non-stop action, ultra-violence, hot sex, war, gunporn, patriotic racism, and more!
10 Literary Rejection Letters to Famous Dead Authors
Good thing great authors aren't alive today. Here are 10 rejection letters they likely would have received in our current, dismal literary market.
Possible Titles for Fast & Furious 7
The Fast & The Furious series is famous for fast cars, hairless men, and Tyrese Gibson comedy. But the most enduring facet of the films is their ever-changing titles.