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Episode #44: Reading as a writer

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Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast! This week, Gabi and Nadine fly solo in their chat about the transformative power of story. 

In this episode, you'll hear about:

  • interpreting excerpts by emotion
  • using sentence cadence and rhythm to evoke emotion
  • how reading as a writer might take different forms for you
  • reading while drafting vs reading while revising
  • playing with structure: timelines, white space, physical placement and formation of words on a page, borrowing craft inspiration from non-novel based forms
  • how clever use of humor and device can provide scaffolding for setting up reader expectations and work to introduce subtle foreshadowing
  • striking the balance of giving readers enough to be present while trusting them to fill in the blanks
  • plenty of examples where we analyze lines and paragraphs of excellent books
  • which one of us won't run to catch the bus

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    A warm thank you to Deore for our musical number. You can find more of her creative work on Spotify.  

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    Be brave, stay beastly!


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