GONE GIRL Meets LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE In Jean Hanff Korelitz’s THE PLOT.

While I always enjoying reading, I find myself hard-pressed to find books that are chilling, deceptive, imaginative, fantastic, and memorable — all at once.

But when I came across this book, which Stephen King called, “Insanely readable” and “one of the best novels [he has] ever read about writers and writing,” I knew I had to give Jean Hanff Korelitz’ The Plot a read. Now, I can completely understand why it earned King’s praise.

I graduated with my MFA in Poetry back in 2015, and all of the feelings I have carried with me from that program are reflected in the early pages of The Plot: self-doubt, dare I say Imposter Syndrome, competitiveness, and even envy against writers who are further along in their journey, wondering if my work will ever be noticed or rise to the top… When Korelitz opened her story with such a relatable writer, at a low-residency writer’s program, feeling these writerly feelings, I knew I was in for it.

What I didn’t expect was what the plot of the story would be, why the front cover featured a ground-up view of a graveyard plot, or why I would later compare this story to Gillian…