Dream Big, Inc. (Chapter 1, Part 2)

If you missed it, the first half of this post went out to paid subscribers last Sunday.

Oct 12 • 

Chloe Cullen

Be gentle: here's my first chapter (pt 1)

good things come to those who wait!!

Oct 5 • 

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September 2025

My first month in an MFA has blown my writing open

The September 2025 Digest, right in the knick of time

Sep 29 • 

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August 2025

"That's what rich guys do": on logistical fluency

The Digest: August 2025.

Aug 16 • 

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July’s Extra Credit: a recipe for brain soup

A stream-of-consciousness top 5 from the last month. A new series for paid subscribers on the first of the month.

Aug 1 • 

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July 2025

Do you have A-game?

SWANN’S WAY 7.2 | Bachelorette attendees and 19th century French servants are basically the same.

Jul 27 • 

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This just in: moving is terrible

A summer hiatus =/= summer vacation. (The Digest: July 15, 2025.)

Jul 15 • 

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June 2025

The books influencing my novel

The Digest: June 2025

Jun 16 • 

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I found my favorite type of story villain

THE LOG: The overlap of SECRET LIVES OF MORMON WIVES, FLEABAG, and Facebook is good intentions in bad people.

Jun 12 • 

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How do we write our family members?

HOW TO READ WELL 7.1 | Beneath the distinctive style, SWANN'S WAY may be a family saga.

Jun 8 • 

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How to write a New York bucket list

In defense of the “West Village Girl”

Jun 4 • 

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Lesson 7: A beginner's guide to Marcel Proust & SWANN'S WAY

Proust lived searching for his past. When you search for his past, you find drama in the gaps.

Jun 1 • 

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