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Home › Archives for Amanda Goldblatt

Crystal Clear: On Clichés, Language, & Jewelry

June 3, 2016 By Amanda Goldblatt

Crystal Clear: On Clichés, Language, & Jewelry

I am a writer by trade and disposition yet my experience with jewelry is surprisingly vast. Prior to my birth, my grandfather was a gem-cutter in New York. When I first landed in Chicago, I had a quick stint working for a ring-maker. But mostly: I was brought up by parents who, in the eighties Read More…

Filed Under: Craft Lessons Tagged With: amanda goldblatt, creative writing craft, ditch the cliches, finding your writing voice, StoryStudio Chicago, writing without cliches

Halloween writing

One-Sentence Screams

October 29, 2015 By Amanda Goldblatt

One-Sentence Screams

Love some screams on Halloween? Try heading to the bookshelf instead of your favorite Netflix queue. The students in my Writing the Weird class at StoryStudio have been hard at work walking on the strange side of fiction, breaking down the craft moves of everything from sci-fi and fantasy to fairy tales and…horror. So how Read More…

Filed Under: Around The Studio Tagged With: amanda goldblatt, fiction, halloween, horror writing, one sentence stories, scary stories, student writing, writing the weird

Amanda Goldblatt is a writer, teacher, and editor, whose stories and essays can be found, or are forthcoming, at The Southern Review, the Fanzine, Hobart, American Short Fiction, FENCE, and NOON. In 2016, her story, "The Era of Good Feelings," (originally published in The Southern Review), was chosen as "Notable" for The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2016. Amanda currently teaches creative writing at Northeastern Illinois University and StoryStudio Chicago.In the past, she's worked with student writers at Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Michigan, and Eastern Michigan University. She is currently at work on a novel about women, swimming, and violence.

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