Here at the start of this podcast On Good Writing, Bret Lott shares a kind of credo, words to guide us in the art of creative writing. We hope you will find some sustenance in knowing that you are not alone in this often lonely and shaky work that is writing. This is a conversation on creative writing, art, and what it takes to make good work. By sharing quotes of great artists and writers who have come before us, we look for guidance and wisdom in the long apprenticeship of becoming better writers. New episodes release on Saturday mornings.

Bret Lott is the bestselling author of fifteen books, including the novels ⁠Ancient Highway⁠, ⁠The Hunt Club⁠, ⁠A Song I Knew by Heart⁠, and ⁠Jewel⁠ (an Oprah’s Book Club selection). Formerly editor of ⁠The Southern Review⁠, Lott was appointed to the National Council on the Arts in 2006. He taught creative writing for nearly forty years at the College of Charleston. He and his wife, Melanie, live in the country outside Charleston, South Carolina.

On Good Writing is a Cy.press Studios production. Cy.press Studios is a project of the Cypress Writers’ Workshop, a creative writing program supporting writers who seek to master their craft and cultivate the unity between art and reverence. Learn more at cy.press.

The music in this episode is Manna or Poison - Instrumental by John Lucas / Musicbed.com.