Polymath and author of ARISTOTLE FOR NOVELISTS Douglas Vigliotti spoke with me about the outsized influence of Poetics on storytelling, why a well-told story is so cathartic, and the three big questions every writer must answer.

Douglas Vigliotti is the author of four non-fiction and fiction books, including Tom Collins: A ‘Slightly Crooked’ Novel. He is also the host of Books for Men, a weekly podcast created to inspire (more) men to read.

His latest, Aristotle for Novelists: 14 Timeless Principles on the Art of Story, is described as a writing and creativity guide on “... how to write a novel using tried-and-true principles that have been used since antiquity to tell great stories.”

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In this file Douglas Vigliotti and I discussed:

How he mined Poetics to help craft his first novel

His take on why The Penguin is so popular

Why he doesn’t trust writers who don’t read (a lot)

The importance of consistency in all great fiction

Why tragedies are more powerful than epics

And a lot more!

Show Notes: 

douglasvigliotti.com

Aristotle for Novelists: 14 Timeless Principles on the Art of Story by Douglas Vigliotti (Amazon)

Douglas Vigliotti Amazon Author Page

Douglas Vigliotti on Instagram

Kelton Reid on Twitter

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