Stories All the Way Down by G. M. Baker

Reveal the Particular, Then Stop

Don't try to reveal the universal. It's too hard and it's not your job.

Sep 12 • 

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August 2025

Would the Classics be Published Today?

Or, why most writing advice is clear, actionable, and wrong

Aug 31 • 

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June 2025

What Makes Prose Good?

Can you separate good prose from good storytelling?

Jun 30 • 

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Against the Novel of Ideas

I don’t like the novel of ideas.

Jun 21 • 

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The Wanderer and the Way 27

This is Chapter 27 of The Wanderer and the Way, now available for purchase.

Jun 7 • 

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Experience and Meaning in Fiction

Meaning doesn't mean what you think it means

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May 2025

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A Letter from Home

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The Gift of the Cross

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Glee and Melancholy

May 17 • 

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Holding Hands

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A Sane and Proper Love

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April 2025

Present Tense Fiction and the Flight from The Law

Liza Libes is entirely correct that the use of the present tense in contemporary literary fiction is meant to inhibit looking back and reflecting…

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