Writing Stories

Brianna Avenia-Tapper

Each episode of Writing Stories features an interview with a contemporary author about how her book went from an idea in her head to an object on a shelf. Joi...

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Do what you have to do to get the work done — Cally Fiedorek tells the story of Atta Boy
Send us a textCally talks about: Hardware and software in a story A need to detox from the marketplace Woeful inefficiency in the writing processZadie Smith and 'obsessive perspective disorder ' Furious throat-clearing Pregnancy creating writing urgency Sewanee review Keeping a manuscript under wraps and writing as solitary The sense in which approval is contagiousIowa University PressBuy Atta Boy here
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Questioning Assumptions — Nicole Graev Lipson tells the story of Mothers and Other Fictional Characters
Send us a textNicole Graev Lipson tells the story of Mothers and Other Fictional Characters. Along the way we talk about: Sexism in publishing The 'mother shelf' Microscopic truth and Brenda Ueland Writing from "low-grade embarrassment" and "both-and-ness" Growing up with with the belief that you can be anyone you want to be and do anything you want to do (and how that might affect the ways you construct the challenges of motherhood in your thinking and writing) Maternal Thinking by Sara Ruddick Publishing with Chronicle Prism Buy Mothers and Other Fictional Characters here
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Once I found the voice and the mode of the narrative, I could just PLAY — Shubha Sunder tells the story of Optional Practical Training
Send us a textShubha Sunder talks about: Constructing a narrative through the things that people say to the main characterCharacterization as a "portrait in the negative" Writing through divorce and Covid lockdownWriting from an immigrant perspective and immigration as a step in one's path to becoming an artist Characters as caricatures and the ways some caricature can strengthen a narrative How long it took for 'the gate to open' for Ursula LeGuin's writing Buy Optional Practical Training here
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"I DO belong over here on this side" — Nanda Reddy tells the story of A Girl Within A Girl Within A Girl
Send us a textNanda Reddy talks about: Deadlines and focus Manuscripts in drawersQuerytracker critiquematch.comAccepting previously rejected parts of ourselves as part of the process of writing fiction Assimilation BelongingIdentity BookPage review by Stephanie Harrison
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Don't Revise, Explode — Elyse Durham tells the story of Maya and Natasha
Send us a textElyse Durham talks about: Remaining open and flexible in the process Following your fascinations Focusing Most adorable book deal celebration Ballet, Greek Orthodoxy, and the body Historical fiction Writer to agent AWP Alison Hunter Trellis Literary Cameos from Brianna's kiddo Andy (he would like you to know that he DOESN'T have candy) Find out more about Elyse here!
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About Writing Stories

Each episode of Writing Stories features an interview with a contemporary author about how her book went from an idea in her head to an object on a shelf. Join us on Writing Stories for honesty, struggle, and triumph, for writing community, publishing insight, and inspiration to persist in whatever difficult but meaningful journey you've chosen for yourself.

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