Archive - The Literary Salon

Undressing Figures of Speech

The disorder of words.

Jan 11 •

Thaddeus Thomas

Redeeming Faulkner from Hell

A Different Perspective on Authorial Style

Published on Selfie on the Edge of Forever • Jan 10

Bookmotion Updates

Get free books and promote your serial fiction.

Jan 7 •

Thaddeus Thomas

Word Order and Reclaiming Passive Voice

My, my. How teachers lie.

Jan 6 •

Thaddeus Thomas

December 2024

Borrow, Steal, Invent: How a Personal Prose Style Can Become a Literary Movement

The time is ripe for change.

Dec 30, 2024 •

Thaddeus Thomas

Prose Style: Essays on Tools & Technique

Including a brief statement of each essay's subject matter

Dec 30, 2024 •

Thaddeus Thomas

Prose Style: Specificity and Proto-Germanic Word Origins

Word choice is everything in fiction, and everything is word choice.

Dec 26, 2024 •

Thaddeus Thomas

The Secret of Literary Style

Tension and Release

Dec 19, 2024 •

Thaddeus Thomas

The Mark Watson Interview

Author of Crybaby and The First Mann on Mars

Dec 18, 2024 •

Thaddeus Thomas

A Word Like a Butterfly, Pinned

Thoughts and Feelings about Phonetic Flow

Dec 16, 2024 •

Thaddeus Thomas

The Devil Writes Fiction

Don’t let anyone tell you what a story is.

Dec 15, 2024 •

Thaddeus Thomas

Your Literal Foundation for Literary Style

Minimalism, Maximalism, Voice, and Parallelism

Dec 12, 2024 •

Thaddeus Thomas

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