Aspiring Pens

Aspiring Pens

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Essays, craft notes, and dispatches on writing, publishing, and the literary life.

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Meredith AshfordMeredith Ashfordin Craft · 2 Jun 2026

The Architecture of the First Sentence

Craft6 min read
Declan FarrisDeclan Farrisin Fiction · 12 May 2026

Writing the Unreliable Narrator Without Cheating the Reader

Fiction7 min read