This week, singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson and writer Bekah Brunstetter discuss the process of adapting The Notebook, the romance novel by Nicholas Sparks, into a musical for the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. The world premiere musical opens September 6th, 2022. Learn more here.

This conversation originally took place August 17th, 2022 and was recorded live at the American Writers Museum.

We hope you enjoy entering the mind of a writer.