“I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dictionaries. I often browse through relevant ones while writing a story. I also read a lot of diaries and oral histories.” WritingDifferentStoriesPeriodsRelevantDiariesDictionaryDialectSlangTime PeriodsOral History Author:Ron Rash
“I usually do at least a dozen drafts and progressively make more-conscious decisions. Because I've always believed stories are closer to poems than novels, I spend a lot of time on the story's larger rhythms, such as sentence and paragraph length, placement of flashbacks and dialogue.” StoriesDecisionNovelConsciousSentencesDialogueRhythmLengthDozenAlways BelieveParagraphPlacementFlashback Author:Ron Rash
“On the last drafts, I focus on the words themselves, including the rub of vowels and consonants, stressed and unstressed syllables. Yet even at this stage I'm often surprised. A different ending or a new character shows up and I'm back to where I began, letting the story happen, just trying to stay out of the way.” WayTryingDifferentCharacterStoriesShowsHappensLastsFocusStageIncludingStressedSyllablesI'm BackVowelsConsonants Author:Ron Rash
“Peter Geye has rendered the Minnesota north shore in all its stark, dangerous beauty, and it is the perfect backdrop for this deeply moving story of conflict and forgiveness. Safe from the Sea is a remarkable debut.” StoriesMovingPerfectSeaDangerousSafeConflictRemarkableShorePeterStarksDebutMinnesotaBackdrop Author:Ron Rash
