Choose craft techniques/approaches from Carmen Maria Machado’s texts:
Directions to reader
Second person
Stories reference within the story
We also want to emulate the following:
Intimacy with reader
Attention to structure (copy Machado)
Lovely clarity and directness of language
Use of a symbol: such as the ribbon or the “Dreamhouse” (example: “The Aquarium” or “The Verrazano” AS ______)