Stories Never Die

Immortalizing the power of storytelling through a feminist lens, one word at a time.

By Amanda Karch

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Jun 1•Amanda Karch

Parable of the Writer

Lessons on narrative learned from Octavia E. Butler

Jun 22•Amanda Karch

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Lines & Lyrics: Lady Tremaine

The inherent power of storytelling and the responsibility that comes with it

Jun 15•Amanda Karch

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Plot, Pacing, & Patience

Jul 30, 2024•Amanda Karch

From the Draft Desk: Art for Art's Sake

May 23, 2025•Amanda Karch

The Wrong Story

May 19, 2025•Amanda Karch

3 Writing Lessons from Markus Zusak

Mar 11•Amanda Karch

A Dangerous Precedent of Federal Book Bans

Mar 20•Amanda Karch

When The Words Won't Come

Mar 14•Amanda Karch

Paper Trail: Thoughts from a Novel-in-Progress

Slow & Steady Wins The Race

Paper Trail #13: a pep talk for finding patience

May 20•Amanda Karch

Writing Continuity in Fiction

Paper Trail #12: world building as if-then statements

Apr 8•Amanda Karch

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When The Words Won't Come

Paper Trail #11: my best tips for getting out of a writing rut

Mar 14•Amanda Karch

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Our Stories: Amplifying Female Voices

Our Stories: Kolina Cicero on Connection

"...a bonfire, family, storytelling, the passing down of art and knowledge."

May 29•Amanda Karch and Kolina Cicero

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Why Stories Are The Currency Of Our Future

A special edition of "Our Stories" in celebration of 1 year

Apr 29•Amanda Karch

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Our Stories: Julia Remillard on Honoring Time

"We all have a story, the one we were born with and the one we write ourselves into, but all of them are part of the bigger book."

Mar 27•Amanda Karch and Julia Remillard

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Lines & Lyrics: From Books That Inspire Me

Lines & Lyrics: Lady Tremaine

The inherent power of storytelling and the responsibility that comes with it

Jun 15•Amanda Karch

Lines & Lyrics: The Mad Wife

Why women are rightfully angry at the world

May 15•Amanda Karch

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Lines & Lyrics: Hemlock

A preview of how a poem is created

Apr 13•Amanda Karch

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From The Draft Desk: No Edits, Just Free Writing

A Poet Observing

A first draft poem on hypocrisy

Jun 5•Amanda Karch

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They Say It's All Been Done Before

My favorite retellings in the last year

May 25•Amanda Karch

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Lyrebird

A first draft poem inspired by Hala Alyan's memoir

May 7•Amanda Karch

Wildfire Reckoning: A Poetry Chapbook

WR16: Towards

A poem on moving forward, first published in Paddler Press vol. 4, "Light"

Oct 15, 2025•Amanda Karch

WR15: Give Me This

A poem on a worthy life

Sep 14, 2025•Amanda Karch

WR14: Into the Sunset

An ekphrastic poem on passion, inspired by Ekua Holmes

Aug 18, 2025•Amanda Karch

Stories Never Die

Immortalizing the power of storytelling through a feminist lens, one word at a time.