#056: Jonathan Escoffery — Writing Award-Winning Short Stories, World Building, Managing Reader Anticipation, Dynamic Storytelling

Short story writer Jonathan Escoffery on his process for writing his linked short story collection, If I Survive You, how he thinks about world building, managing reader anticipation, how questions of identity influence his work, and tips for writing dynamic, moving short stories.

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ABOUT JONATHAN ESCOFFERY

Jonathan Escoffery is the author of the linked story collection, If I Survive You, a New York Times and Booklist Editor's Choice, an IndieNext Pick, and a National Bestseller. His stories have appeared in The Paris Review, Oprah Daily, Electric Literature, Zyzzyva, AGNI, Pleiades, American Short Fiction, Prairie Schooner, Passages North, and elsewhere.

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RESOURCES

Follow Jonathan Escoffery:

• Twitter
• Instagram
• Website

Other links mentioned:

• Goblins in the Castleby Bruce Coville
• R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series
• The Hardy Boys
• Grub Street writing classes and community in Boston
• Boston Writers of Color Group
• If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery

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