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No One You Know: Strangers and the Stories We Tell

No One You Know: Strangers and the Stories We Tell

During a lonely year, the author allowed regular, everyday interactions with strangers to escalate, reconsidering what it means to know someone.

2021

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How to Have a Great Conversation With Anyone, Anywhere

When I let small talk with strangers spiral into something deeper, it became a book about memorable interactions. Here’s what I learned.

Mar 29, 2021

How to Have a Great Conversation With Anyone, Anywhere

Mar 29, 2021

How To Edit a Conversation (Live!)

Make your chats more dynamic and rewarding.

Jun 28, 2022

How To Edit a Conversation (Live!)

Jun 28, 2022

What It’s Like To Be Every Age, According To Fictional Characters

I made this bonkers existential timeline inspired by a flower clock.

Apr 27, 2022

What It’s Like To Be Every Age, According To Fictional Characters

Apr 27, 2022

All Writers Should Murmur This Credo To Themselves

It has to do with treating reality as a dreamscape.

Mar 30, 2022

All Writers Should Murmur This Credo To Themselves

Mar 30, 2022

Storytelling Secrets from the Breaking Bad Writers’ Room

A roundtable interview offered several craft insights.

Mar 23, 2022

Storytelling Secrets from the Breaking Bad Writers’ Room

Mar 23, 2022

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The Medium Handbook

A Bummer of a Text Exchange Yielded This Neat Editing Trick

Understanding how space is allocated will tighten up your story

Mar 17, 2022

A Bummer of a Text Exchange Yielded This Neat Editing Trick

Mar 17, 2022

Permission Granted: You May Steal From Yourself

And other lessons I learned from titling my book.

Mar 9, 2022

Permission Granted: You May Steal From Yourself

Mar 9, 2022

Every book has important ancestors

The films, music, and books that informed my debut collection.

Feb 23, 2022

Every book has important ancestors

Feb 23, 2022

How To Add a Productive Element To People-Watching

Writers can hone their observational skills and pluck material.

Jan 19, 2022

How To Add a Productive Element To People-Watching

Jan 19, 2022

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Forgetting Can Be a Writer’s Friend

If handled honestly, it leaves room for revealing speculation

Jan 1, 2022

Forgetting Can Be a Writer’s Friend

Jan 1, 2022

Jason Schwartzman

Jason Schwartzman

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Debut book NO ONE YOU KNOW out now from Outpost19 | Founding Editor, True.Ink | Twitter: @jdschwartzman | outpost19.com/NoOneYouKnow/

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