It sounds like a dream: you write a diary, and one day it suddenly becomes a prize-winning Sunday Times Bestseller. It worked for Amy Liptrot. Could it work for us, too?

This is episode one of In Haste, with authors Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie in conversation with Amy Liptrot. Amy is the author of two exquisite and prize-winning memoirs that have resonated with readers across the world: The Outrun and The Instant. The Outrun, Amy's account of her recovery from addiction while immersed in the vivid natural landscape of her native Orkney, has just been made into a critically acclaimed film starring Saoirse Ronan.

Amy explains to Alice and Charlotte how writing is a connecting thread throughout her life, and discusses the challenges of turning real people and events into narrative, and writing through motherhood.

Each episode of In Haste is accompanied by an original essay on Substack, by Alice Vincent or Charlotte Runcie, exploring its wider themes. New episodes are released weekly, but paid subscribers can access the first six episodes instantly at inhaste.substack.com, where there's a very welcoming literary community sharing our writing progress. Come and join in with the conversation! Ask us questions and tell us what stopped you writing this week - and what kept you going.

In Haste is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes.

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