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On the Craft: Lessons from My Mentor
She kept teaching through chemo, to her last breath and beyond
Jun 24
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Boo Walker
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On the Craft: Pounding Out Story Beats
How I Outline My Novels
Jun 1
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Boo Walker
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On the Craft: May the Midpoint Carry You Home
Defining, navigating, and surviving the midpoint of a story
Apr 16
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Boo Walker
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On the Craft: The Midpoint Blues
Project Hail Mary, Spiritual Jazz, and Flaccid Writing
Mar 30
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Boo Walker
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On the Craft: Radical Immersion
Becoming Your Character
Mar 9
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Boo Walker
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On the Craft: Organizing the Madness (Part 2)
Zeroing in on "The End"
Feb 9
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Boo Walker
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On the Craft: Organizing the Madness, Part 1.5 (Interlude)
On fluidity as a creator and applying the idea to a work-in-progress
Jan 19
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Boo Walker
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On the Craft: Organize the Madness (Part 1)
How to keep our story missile from weakening into buckshot
Jan 6
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Boo Walker
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On the Craft: Burn the Rulebook! (Part 2)
On doing the internal work before you can breathe fire
Dec 11, 2025
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Boo Walker
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On the Craft: Burn the Rulebook! (Part 1)
What else would you have to break if there were no rules?
Dec 8, 2025
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Boo Walker
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On the Craft: Know your why...
A writer must know the origin of their propulsion
Nov 26, 2025
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Boo Walker
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On the Craft: The Glee of a Life Under Deadline
Reframing the idea of facing imminent literary death
Nov 21, 2025
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