Archive - Craft by Vera Kurian

repost: Does social media drive sales?

Some quick and dirty Instagram analysis

Jun 24 •

Is American storytelling old-fashioned?

and is this... bad?

Jun 17 •

"I pulled my cloak around me" is not world building

start it from the ground up

Jun 10 •

The Washington Post is doing something weird for depressing reasons

I think you can already guess it

Jun 5 •

Repost: How to write setting that pops

setting as character

Jun 3 •

May 2025

Does Writers Block Actually Exist?

May 27 •

Part 3 of human vs AI brainstorming experiment

CRAFT is a reader-supported email newsletter about the nuts and bolts of fiction writing and the world of publishing.

May 20 •

A naturalistic experiment pitting human against AI

Okay, I've calmed down, here's a real post.

May 13 •

This is why I hate AI

this wasn't even the post I was going to write.

May 12 •

What makes fiction toothless?

Its hard to say why its meh

May 6 •

April 2025

On writing violence

how much is too much?

Apr 29 •

a detailed review of a user-submitted query

Apr 22 •

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