Dear Revisers,

There’s a story that the famous artist Michelangelo once said that carving an elephant from a block of stone was easy because you just knock off all the stuff that doesn’t look like an elephant.

Today we’ll begin looking closely at the stories we’ve been working on and knock off the stuff that doesn’t look like a story.

You all have stories to tell. My job is to teach you some tricks to tell them. These aren’t my tricks. Writers have been using these tricks since the beginning because they work.

And these tricks won’t just improve your writing. They might also make you see the world in a new and different way.
Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck