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We’re onto the second section in Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird — The Writing Frame Of Mind — and it’s getting a bit nebulous folks. In “Looking Around,” Lamont...
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We’re onto the second section in Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird — The Writing Frame Of Mind — and it’s getting a bit nebulous folks. In “Looking Around,” Lamont...
Even published authors have problems getting the magical stories in their heads into finished manuscript. But Anne Lamott’s account of how, over the course of three years, she completely...
We’re covering two different topics from Ann Lamott’s book Bird by Bird. First off is scene setting, both its importance for your characters and how to get all the...
We’ve gotten to some hearty chapters in Ann Lamott’s book Bird by Bird. First up is plot, which “grows out of characters.” We discuss what this means and if...
So you’ve committed to Anne Lamott’s daily writing practice (as discussed in our previous podcast), good for you. Now let’s find out how to turn those embarrassing word scribbles...
How does one write an entire novel? It’s a bit like the advice for eating an elephant, one bite at a time. In this episode we cover Anne Lamott’s...
It’s time for a new season and it’s time for a new book! We’re starting Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird. This is the writing process book that everyone has...
After 70 pages of Jack Bickham’s Scene and Structure we feel we’ve got a pretty good handle on how...
Chapter 8 – Scene & Structure Subscribe to our Newsletter How do you take a ponderous story into a...
When you’re bored with action-packed scenes and want to dive deep into the mind of your protagonist, maybe you...
After last episode’s deep dive into scene structure, we thought we’d ask a few published novelists and professional editors...
If stories are made up of scenes, what are scenes made up of? According to Jack Bickham in his...
This episode is all about cause and effect, what it is, why it is critical in fiction despite being...
In this podcast we give our first impressions of our new book, Jack Bickham's Scene and Structure, and, being the...
In this episode we bid a fond farewell to Bradbury with one last conversation about his book, Zen in...
In this episode we dive into the final chapter of Ray Bradbury’s Zen in the Art of Writing, titled:...
In todays episode, Bradbury tells us how loathing Ireland pushed him to becoming a playwright/screenwriter, why these absurdest plays...
No one succeeds all by themselves, and that includes Ray Bradbury. In his book Zen in the Art of...
According to Bradbury’s retelling, it took him nine days, a library typewriter, and a pocketful of dimes to crank...
Oh Muse, well-spring of creativity, why are you so unreliable? How can we entice you? In this episode, we...
Ray Bradbury shares his secrets for how he wrote so many unforgettable short stories in the first two chapters...
Thinking of reading The Art of Fiction, "Young Writer?" Listen to this podcast first. Despite dying in a motorcycle...
Shut (those voices in your head) Up & Write
Sometimes just showing up isn’t enough. You’ve set time aside for writing and instead of your story unfurling on the page (or screen) other things come out. In this...