Chain Four: The Eye

Eight letters about using everything you read and watch as a craft education. You know how to read. You don't know how to read like a writer yet.

Chain Four covers why the first paragraph of any piece is signing a contract with your reader, what the B-plot is secretly arguing, what fourteen years of recapping television for a million readers per week taught Jacob about structure, why point of view is a consciousness and not a camera position, and why the specific thing you notice that nobody else notices is your subject.

One letter per week for eight weeks, with a Dare and an Exercise submitted directly to Jacob for review. Real feedback on real work.

Pay what you want. Minimum $5, suggested $25, no ceiling.