This week our guest is New York Times bestselling author and staff writer at the New Yorker, Casey Cep. Her recent book is Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, which was listed by President Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of 2019. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

• Writing nonfiction and being curious about people
• Being flexible in order to write
• And more

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This Week’s Writing Prompt

Each week the featured author offers a writing prompt for you to use at home. I suggest setting a timer for 6 or 8 minutes, putting the writing prompt at the top of your page, and free writing whatever comes to mind. Remember, the important part is keeping your pen moving. You can always edit later. Right now we just want to write something new and see what happens.

This week’s writing prompt is: Draft a tableau. Place all of your characters in the same place at the same time.

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In this episode, the author recommended these womxn writers:

• Elaine Weiss, author of The Woman’s Hour
• Jamaica Kinkaid, author of At the Bottom of the River

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• Episode 30: Trina Greene Brown - Author of Parenting for Liberation: A Guide for Raising Black Children
• Episode 28: Liara Tamani - Author of All The Things We Never Knew
• Episode 27: Aja Black - Songwriter of musical duo The Reminders
• Episode 26: Minna Salami - Author of Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone

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