Writing Stories

By: Brianna Avenia-Tapper
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  • 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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Episodes
  • "You Don't Suck" — Lidia Yuknavitch tells the story of Reading the Waves

    "You Don't Suck" — Lidia Yuknavitch tells the story of Reading the Waves
    Feb 5 2025

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    In this episode, Lidia talks about

    -story-telling space as a magical shape-shifting place of healing and growth

    -how to talk to yourself when your writing is lousy

    - pillow forts

    - creative coping strategies

    -being trained to retell the same story

    -how we and our stories change over time

    -writing a fable from something that happened to you

    Find out more about Lidia here

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    37 mins
  • "It Took 8 Years To Write" — Susan Barker Tells the Story of Old Soul

    "It Took 8 Years To Write" — Susan Barker Tells the Story of Old Soul
    Jan 29 2025

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    Why write 'bad' characters? Why write 'bad' female characters?
    Being patient and having faith
    The line between good and evil exists within every man
    Stephen King and kinds of fear
    It Follows directed by David Robert Mitchell (film about sexually transmitted haunting!)
    Dracula
    Picture of Dorian Gray
    (please excuse my terrible pronunciation of 'macabre'!!! )

    More about Susan Barker here

    Sign up to join a free writing feedback group

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    27 mins
  • "Please Stop Me if This Is Going Terribly" — Erika Swyler tells the story of We Lived on the Horizon

    "Please Stop Me if This Is Going Terribly" — Erika Swyler tells the story of We Lived on the Horizon
    Jan 21 2025

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    Along the way, Erika covers:
    Pacing
    Best moment of the book making process
    Editing that works with an author's vision
    Adrian Tchaikovsky and Service Model
    Atria (publisher)
    Michelle Brower (agent)
    Loan Le editor
    Icky-post-pub emails
    Treadmill desk
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    33 mins

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