023: “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury

Why Is This Good?

Jan 01, 2020•20 min

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In this episode, we discuss “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury. What can we learn from a story with no apparent characters? How can we establish a POV without characters? How does language introduce hidden personifications? How can we use these hidden metaphors to pump up our prose?

Alternate version: “August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury.

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