Phil HorvathThe Art of Fiction — Writing Exercises from John Gardner (#2)Prompt: Describe the same simple event using the same characters and elements of setting, in five completely different ways9 min read·Apr 6, 2021----
Phil HorvathThe Art of Fiction — Writing Exercises from John Gardner (#1)Prompt: Write the paragraph that would appear in a piece of fiction just before the discovery of a body.3 min read·Apr 2, 2021----
Phil HorvathLand of SavagesEddie and I were itching for a fight. For weeks we’d been psyching ourselves up, waxing poetic on blood and guts and glory.29 min read·Mar 31, 2021----
Phil HorvathLife is GoodIt happens in front of the pizza shop. The pizza shop where you met your ex-wife back when you were freshmen in high school.13 min read·Mar 31, 2021----
Phil HorvathThree Things I Learned from George Saunders’ “A Swim in the Pond in the Rain”Why your deeply embedded notion that art should imitate life, may be half the reason why your prose sucks…8 min read·Mar 29, 2021----
Phil HorvathThe BarnJohn folded the letter into thirds, covering up the words he did not want to believe: deepest sympathies…regret to inform…tragic loss of…7 min read·Mar 22, 2021----
