Breaking Rules of Writing: An Interview with William Morris

In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, Fiction Editors Joe Plicka and Ryan Shoemaker sit down with William Morris, the author of Strait is the Way from the Fall 2024 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. Morris discusses his decision to bend his own writing rules by incorporating elements like time travel, all while tackling profound themes of agency, chaos, and order through a distinctly Mormon lens.

William Morris is the author of Dark Watch and Other Mormon-American Stories and the founder of the Mormon arts blog A Motley Vision, which earned an Association for Mormon Letters award for criticism. He has edited two Mormon genre fiction anthologies (Monsters & Mormons and States of Deseret) and published work in BYU Studies, Irreantum,and Dialogue. Morris lives in Minnesota with his wife and daughter.

Join us for this fascinating conversation about breaking boundaries, storytelling, and the creative process.

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