The Masters Review Craft Essay: "This Is How A Writer Writes A Story"

I'd been writing one craft essay for The Masters Review, and then most of the way through, days before the deadline, I scrapped it and wrote this one instead: THIS IS HOW A WRITER WRITES A STORY.It's actually kind of funny too (not haha funny) - because the creation of the essay itself mirrors the process I write about in the essay.Ouroboros kind of a deal.Thanks to the fine folks at The Masters Review for reaching out to make this happen.I'm honored to have work published with them.Here's the book I reference in the essay:[And thanks to Arthur Koestler for allowing me to sum up a mind-blowingly phenomenal behemoth of a kick ass book in a couple sentences. I'm aware of the liberties I took.]