Today is a kind of back-to-school episode of the podcast, all about what we learned and what we did this summer. We talk good writing books, unexpected surprises, different journaling techniques – all the good stuff.
We also introduce our updated social media presence, so check us out.
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Discussed in this episode
Art of Slow Writing by Louise DeSalvo
Caroline Donahue, in Episode 35, in which she says she enjoys using the dictation function to write
Episode 38, in case you missed it, in which we interview Olivia’s dad when her parents visited her in Kyiv
Process journals, named by Sue Grafton – she has some examples here – Elizabeth Barrett also summarizes it on her blog
John Steinbeck’s process journals, for example for The Grapes of Wrath or these letter-y journals for East of Eden (cool BrainPickings summary here)
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne
Narrative distance and Deep POV – Editor’s Blog post
Morning pages from The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron