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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social

Highly recommend @henrylienauthor.bsky.social's book about Kishōtenketsu (the Japanese name for the classic 4 Act Eastern story structure). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5... Henry's slim book is concise & entertaining. Should be in every writer's toolkit! #writing bookshop.org/a/102876/978...

cover for Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird by Henry Lien (the Art of Eastern Storytelling)
aug 30, 2025, 1:18 pm • 15 4

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Olivia Wylie @otterkit.bsky.social

I've been eyeballing that one, thanks for the recommendation!

aug 31, 2025, 12:17 am • 1 0 • view
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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social

I'm using Kishōtenketsu structure for a short story I'm writing right now, and it's the perfect thing. I've been wanting to try it for a while, and this story is the exact right vehicle for that. I'm also intrigued about applying it to The Novel That's Haunting Me. #writing #writersky

aug 30, 2025, 2:22 pm • 3 0 • view
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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social

@henrylienauthor.bsky.social I also want to personally thank you for writing this book! I've been intrigued by this form for some time and your book is an excellent primer. I'd like to reference it in a upcoming class I'm going to be teaching on #solarpunk, if that's okay with you?

aug 30, 2025, 1:20 pm • 0 0 • view