Episode 72: Joseph Milosch
The Written Scene
Author and poet is not one to short thrift the process of writing, whether it's his poetry or short stories. This was a lesson he learned very early on. In this episode of , Joseph talks about sharing short poems, his father's lessons on writing, using downtime in the military to write, the difficulty of getting a book of flash fiction published, why poetry is great for processing feelings, disguising short fiction as memoir, knowing and working with Steve Kowit, writing in a thoughtful way vs. just writing, the power of a perfectly placed line break in a poem, using humor in poetry and how...
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Episode 72 Teaser: Joseph Milosch
The Written Scene
Bob Dylan inspired a lot of people, including poet and author , just not in a way you might expect. At least initially. Enjoy this brief teaser ahead of next week's full episode of . Music: Addis Ababa by Eshi Era
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Episode 71: Alex Kecskes
The Written Scene
Author and journalist has always known he wanted to be a writer. After various writing ventures, he discovered the freedom of writing novels. In this episode of , Alex talks about using history as writing inspiration, writing about the plane ride when he moved from Hungary to the US as a kid, the life changing teachers in our lives, how an advertising career taught him how to tell a story, having multiple drafts for each type of writing process, bringing your audience into your world, the stark difference between writing screenplays vs. writing novels, which aspect of writing feels like...
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Episode 71 Teaser: Alex Kecskes
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Most of us had at least one teacher that had a positive impact on our lives. Author encountered his in the 9th grade and has never forgotten it. Enjoy this brief teaser ahead of next week's full episode of . Music: Addis Ababa by Eshi Era
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Episode 70: Mario DeMatteo
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For author, community organizer, and gardener , sharing and giving are his biggest motivators along his own personal hero's journey. In this episode of , Mario talks about his lifelong love of telling stories, the difference Glassless Minds has made in his life, what higher education can and can't do for a writer, the joy of discovering he can still write after his accident, finding purpose in suffering, determining the most important beats when adapting an already written story to a graphic novel, the importance of gardening and its connection to his writing, what forming community and...
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Episode 70 Teaser: Mario DeMatteo
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For author and gardener , the hero's journey isn't just found in books he's read. It's in his real life past, too. Please enjoy this teaser ahead of next week's full episode of . If you enjoy this teaser, please be sure to subscribe, rate, review, and share this and all episodes of The Written Scene. Music: Addis Ababa by Eshi Era
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Episode 69: Karla Cordero
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For poet, author, teacher, and gardener , each challenge, whether writing related or not, is an opportunity to be creative. In this episode of , Karla talks about knowing when to be patient with yourself when you're not writing, the role of artists in society, her experience and personal journey in a MFA program, why visually seeing a physical layout of a manuscript is important, how writing in a new genre excitingly feels like starting over again as a writer, where and when it helps (or seems to help) to have an agent, her introduction to performance poetry and how it shaped her love of...
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Episode 69 Teaser: Karla Cordero
The Written Scene
For Karla Cordero, an author, poet, artivist, teacher, and much more, there are multiple ways to write, and that includes times when no words are even written. Enjoy this brief teaser with Karla ahead of next week's full episode of The Written Scene. Please be sure to subscribe, rate, review, and share this and all episodes of The Written Scene. Music: Addis Ababa by Eshi Era
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Episode 68: Bear Wolf
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Poet and professor Bear Wolf has from the very beginning been an artist. And even if he wanted to stop and be something or someone else (which has never crossed his mind), he wouldn't be able to. In this episode of , Bear discusses the constant struggle to remember to show and not tell, gaining a deeper understanding of something through teaching others, finding time to write among other responsibilities, using creativity to gain new perspectives, becoming a teacher by mistake and other weird jobs he's held, the goal of being a paid writer but being a realist at the same time, bad...
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Episode 68 Teaser: Bear Wolf
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For poet and professor Bear Wolf, creativity is essential in not just gaining new perspectives and paths in his art, but also in how he teaches and grades his students. Enjoy this brief teaser ahead of next week's full episode of . Please be sure to subscribe, rate, review, and share this and all episodes of the podcast. Music: Addis Ababa by Eshi Era
info_outlineIn this episode of The Written Scene, author and journalist David Coddon is confirmation that while the writer struggle is real to all writers, each writer eventually finds their own way to work with it.
Listen in as David discusses scheduling and trying to write before daily responsibilities so the mind is fresh, not thinking about numbers like word count, advantages of the short story, making writing an organic process instead of limiting it up front, opening the door to writing with Mark Twain, not giving into fear when writing hard truths, how you're always a student of the craft even if you're a good writer, becoming emotionally attached to characters in our stories, giving permission to yourself to stop writing a story and move on to something else, the opposite of a writer and why, how you can't be a dedicated writer if you're also not reading, what we can learn from authors we don't like reading, and much more.
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Music: Addis Ababa by Eshi Era