The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

Episode 390: How Did the Pitcher Pedro Martinez Help Will Harrison's Writing?

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Will Harrison is an instructor at the School for Visual Arts in New York City as well the author of several essays including "My Unlikely Writing Teacher: Pedro Martinez" for the New York Times Magazine.

Will talks about:

  • How slow of a writer he is
  • How voice just emerges over time
  • And how "pitch selection" is akin to how you vary your sentences

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