Archive - Aimee Liu's MFA Lore

What Makes a quiet story... POWERFUL?

Reading Elizabeth Strout like a writer

6 mins ago •

A Reliable Pocket of Hope

Writing For Liberatory Change with guest contributor Lucinda Garthwaite

Dec 18 •

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Lucinda Garthwaite

What Happens When You Fail to Suspend Disbelief?

Unless you're writing myth or satire, it's never good for readers to find your situations and character choices preposterous

Dec 14 •

Lean Closer, Open Wider, Honor the Music of Everything!

Writers in Conversation with Elizabeth Rosner, Part 2

Dec 11 •

Elizabeth Rosner's 'Third Ear'

Writers in Conversation about listening below the surface and writing a braided mosaic memoir. Part 1.

Dec 7 •

What we talk about when we talk about comfort books

What kinds of solace can literature offer in times of peril?

Published on Liminal with Jennifer Steil • Dec 4

November 2024

What continues to surprise you about being human?

Partake of more wisdom today from this bountiful table of Substack writers, my daughters and friends as we grapple with the question: What about being…

Published on Living in 3D • Nov 30

What makes you most grateful about being human?

For Thanksgiving Week, I gathered a feast of heartfelt responses from Substack writers, my daughters and friends to ask them: What is it about being…

Published on Living in 3D • Nov 27

Writing Toward Post-Traumatic Growth and Liberation

We need to infuse our work with the same dignity and hope that will keep our minds sane and our spirits strong in the months to come

Nov 23 •

Not All Research Consists of Words and Maps and Numbers

Published on Rooting Around • Nov 20

Let's Cross-Post and Gather!

I want to help you grow your audience-- and meet you, too!

Nov 20 •

A Year of MFA Lore for Half the Price!

Holiday Gratitude just for you from Aimee Liu

Nov 18 •

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