Aug 01, 2022
Turning a Scene Around for a Different View
A story changes depending on who’s doing the telling. Try a different version of a scene in your short story or novel to learn about your characters.
Cari Luna is the author of The Revolution of Every Day, which won the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction. A fellow of Yaddo and Ragdale, her writing has appeared in The Nation, Guernica, Salon, Jacobin, Electric Literature, Catapult, PANK, and elsewhere. She lives in Portland, Oregon..
A story changes depending on who’s doing the telling. Try a different version of a scene in your short story or novel to learn about your characters.
“You pick your tragedy and aim for that. I chose earthquake.”
