First Draft with Sarah Enni

Sabaa Tahir is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling An Ember in the Ashes series, which comes to a much-anticipated conclusion with the release of A Sky Beyond the Storm on December 1st.

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Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode

• Hear Sabaa's first episode of First Draft here!

• My tweet about revising as ironing, which many people responded to with wonderful visual metaphors of their own!

• Washington Post reporter Emily Wax-Thibodeaux wrote the article that inspired Sabaa to write An Ember in the Ashes.

• The Writer's Home Companion: An Anthology of the World's Best Writing Advice from Keats to Kunitz by Joan Bolker

• "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop (poem)

• Elements of Style by William Strunk and E. White

• Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go by Les Edgerton

• Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose

• Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

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Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds; Leigh Bardugo, author of Ninth House and the Grishaverse series; Creator of Sex and the City Candace Bushnell; YouTube empresario and author Hank Green; Actors, comedians and screenwriters Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham; author and host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast Linda Holmes; Bestselling authors and co-hosts of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast, Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish and co-host of the Sciptnotes podcast; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works.

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Gretchen Rubin is the New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project, Better Than Before, and more, co-host of the Happier podcast, and creator of the Four Tendencies framework.

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Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode

• Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky

• Sandra Day O'Connor

• Jonathan Burnham, President and Publisher of the Harper Division at HarperCollins

• Robert Caro

• Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

• Julie and Julia by Julie Powell

• The Year of Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs

• William Hazlitt, esasyist, critic, painter, social commenter, and philosopher

• Samuel Johnson, poet, essayist, and one of Gretchen's favorite provider of quotes

• On Edge: A Journey Through Anxiety by Andrea Petersen

• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Won't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

• Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey

• The Happier Podcast interview with musician Roseanne Cash

• Take the Four Tendencies quiz

• Everything is Copy, a documentary about writer/screenwriter/director Nora Ephron

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Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998 or send an email to mailbag @ firstdraftpod dot com!

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Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds; Leigh Bardugo, author of Ninth House and the Grishaverse series; Creator of Sex and the City Candace Bushnell; YouTube empresario and author Hank Green; Actors, comedians and screenwriters Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham; author and host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast Linda Holmes; Bestselling authors and co-hosts of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast, Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish and co-host of the Sciptnotes podcast; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works.

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Elizabeth Eulberg, author of YA novels The Lonely Hearts Club and Better Off Friends, and the acclaimed Great Shelby Holmes middle-grade series. Her next MG, The Best Worst Summer, comes out in Spring 2021.

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Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode

• David Levithan, editor at Scholastic and author of Boy Meets Boy, Every Day, and more

• The Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace

• Debbie Gibson

• Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games series and the middle-grade Gregor the Overlander series

• Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight

• Dav Pilkey, Captain Underpants, Dumb Bunnies, and Dog Man series

• David Shannon, author and illustrator of Caldecott Honor book No, David!, and illustrator of How I Became a Pirate

• Mark Teague, author and illustrator of Fly!, the Dear Mrs. LaRue series, and illustrator of the How Do Dinosaurs… series

• Brian Selznik, author of Caldecott-winning The Invention of Hugo Cabaret and Wonderstruck

• Books of Wonder, bookstore in New York City

• Writer's House literary agency

• Jennifer Weiner, author of Big Summer, In Her Shoes, Good in Bed and more

• Elizabeth's interview on the 88 Cups of Tea podcast

I want to hear from you!

Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998 or send an email to mailbag @ firstdraftpod dot com!

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Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds; Leigh Bardugo, author of Ninth House and the Grishaverse series; Creator of Sex and the City Candace Bushnell; YouTube empresario and author Hank Green; Actors, comedians and screenwriters Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham; author and host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast Linda Holmes; Bestselling authors and co-hosts of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast, Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish and co-host of the Sciptnotes podcast; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works.

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Leah Johnson talks about her bestselling debut novel, You Should See Me In a Crown, and the forthcoming Rise to the Sun.

This episode is brought to you by Everything I Thought I Knew, by Shannon Takoaka, out from Candlewick Press now.

Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode

• Leah's essay, "How Young Adult Literature Taught Me to Love Like a White Girl," appeared in Electric Lit.

• The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

• Sarah Neal-Estes, director of PRX's American Student Radio

• Radiolab podcast network

• The "24 Hours at the Golden Apple" episode of This American Life

• "Picture Day" on This American Life

• Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert (hear her First Draft episodes here, here, and here)

• Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

• I reference the Marketing and Publicity (Part 2) where I discuss boundaries in promo

I want to hear from you!

Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998 or send an email to mailbag @ firstdraftpod dot com!

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Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds; Leigh Bardugo, author of Ninth House and the Grishaverse series; Creator of Sex and the City Candace Bushnell; YouTube empresario and author Hank Green; Actors, comedians and screenwriters Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham; author and host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast Linda Holmes; Bestselling authors and co-hosts of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast, Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish and co-host of the Sciptnotes podcast; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works.

Don't miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Oliver Jeffers is a visual artist, illustrator of The Day the Crayons Quit, and author and illustrator of How to Catch a Star, The Fate of Fausto, and Here We Are talks about his newest picture book, What We'll Build.

This episode is brought to you by Everything I Thought I Knew, by Shannon Takoaka, out from Candlewick Press October 13, 2020.

Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode

• Sam Winston, who co-authored A Child of Books with Oliver, is a fine artist interested in language

• Artist Michael Sowa

• Artist Mark Tansey

• Colette, the "trendiest store in the world"

• The essay I couldn't name was "It's time to build," a viral post written by venture capitalist Marc Andreesen

• Tom Rivett-Carnac's TED Talk, "How to Shift Your Mindset and Change Your Future"

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Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998 or send an email to mailbag @ firstdraftpod dot com!

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Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds; Leigh Bardugo, author of Ninth House and the Grishaverse series; Creator of Sex and the City Candace Bushnell; YouTube empresario and author Hank Green; Actors, comedians and screenwriters Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham; author and host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast Linda Holmes; Bestselling authors and co-hosts of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast, Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish and co-host of the Sciptnotes podcast; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works.

Don't miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Carson Ellis, author and illustrator of bestselling picture books Home and Caldecott Honor book Du Iz Tak?, talks about her newest picture book, In the Half Room.

This episode is brought to you by Everything I Thought I Knew, by Shannon Takoaka, out from Candlewick Press October 13, 2020.

Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode

• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

• Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry and Wesley Dennis

• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

• Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak

• The New Yorker

• Mac Barnett's Children's Book Proclamation (more context about that proclamation), signed by—among others—Carson Ellis, Jon Klassen (listen to his episode of First Draft here), Dan Santat (listen to his First Draft episode here)

• Ursula Nordstrom, legendary picture book editor at HarperCollins

• Shel Silverstein, author and illustrator of The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and A Light in the Attic

• Ruth Krauss wrote and Maurice Sendak illustrated classic picture books such as Open House for Butterflies and A Very Special House

• Colin Meloy, guitarist and singer for The Decemberists and author of the Wildwood series

  The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kids

• Castaways and Cutouts album art

• Steven Malk, literary agent with

• The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart, illustrated by Carson Ellis

• The Composer is Dead by Lemony Snicket (a.k.a. Daniel Handler), illustrated by Carson Ellis

• Stagecoach Sal by Deborah Hopkinson

• The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper, illustrated by Carson Ellis

• The Darkness Rising by Susan Cooper

• People by Blexbolex

• Richard Scarry, author and illustrator of Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy Town, and Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks From A to Z

• Elizabeth Bicknell, editor at Candlewick

• Maile Meloy , author of The Apothecary, Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It, and more, is Carons's sister in law

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Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998 or send an email to mailbag @ firstdraftpod dot com!

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Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds; Leigh Bardugo, author of Ninth House and the Grishaverse series; Creator of Sex and the City Candace Bushnell; YouTube empresario and author Hank Green; Actors, comedians and screenwriters Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham; author and host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast Linda Holmes; Bestselling authors and co-hosts of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast, Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish and co-host of the Sciptnotes podcast; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works.

Don't miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Track Changes

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A conversation between Randy Ribay, author of the National Book Award Finalist Patron Saints of Nothing; Kelly Yang, author of Parachutes; Laura Taylor Namey, author of A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow; Mayra Cuevas, author of Salty, Bitter, Sweet.

This conversation was held as part of A Mighty Blaze's YA Weekend, and many thanks to Joseph Moldover (author of Every Last Breath) and Jennifer de Leon (author of Don't Ask Me Where I'm From) for all the help putting that entire celebration together.

You can watch the Zoom video of this panel at A Mighty Blaze's Facebook page, here.

I want to hear from you!

Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998 or send an email to mailbag @ firstdraftpod dot com!

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Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds; Leigh Bardugo, author of Ninth House and the Grishaverse series; Creator of Sex and the City Candace Bushnell; YouTube empresario and author Hank Green; Actors, comedians and screenwriters Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham; author and host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast Linda Holmes; Bestselling authors and co-hosts of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast, Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish and co-host of the Sciptnotes podcast; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works.

Don't miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Track Changes

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Justin Reynolds, author of The Opposite of Always, talks about his new young adult contemporary novel, Early Departures.

This episode is brought to you by Everything I Thought I Knew, by Shannon Takoaka, out from Candlewick Press October 13, 2020.

Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode

• Hear Justin's mailbag episode of First Draft here

• Hear Justin on the live episode recorded at YAhooFest 2019, along with Rick Yancey, New York Times bestselling author of the Fifth Wave series, the Monstrumologist series, and more; Cindy Pon, Want and its sequel Ruse, the Silver Phoenix series and more.

• John Grisham, author of The Firm, Camino Winds and many more

• Michael Crichton, author of Sphere, Jurassic Park, and many more

• How Should a Person Be by Sheila Heti

I want to hear from you!

Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998 or send an email to mailbag @ firstdraftpod dot com!

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Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds; Leigh Bardugo, author of Ninth House and the Grishaverse series; Creator of Sex and the City Candace Bushnell; YouTube empresario and author Hank Green; Actors, comedians and screenwriters Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham; author and host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast Linda Holmes; Bestselling authors and co-hosts of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast, Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish and co-host of the Sciptnotes podcast; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works.

Don't miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Track Changes

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A conversation between Sam Maggs, author of The Unstoppable Wasp, Girl Squad: 20 Female Friendships That Changed History, and more; Lyla Lee, author of I'll Be the One; Tobly McSmith, author of Stay Gold; Adiba Jaigirdar, author of The Henna Wars; and Leah Johnson, author of You Should See Me in a Crown.

This conversation was held as part of A Mighty Blaze's YA Weekend, and many thanks to Joseph Moldover (author of Every Last Breath) and Jennifer de Leon (author of Don't Ask Me Where I'm From) for all the help putting that entire celebration together.

You can watch the Zoom video of this panel at A Mighty Blaze's Facebook page, here.

Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode

• Hear Sam Magg's episode of First Draft here

• The Cooperative Children's Book Center 2019 numbers on diversity in KidLit

• Simon Vs the Homo Sapien's Agenda by Becky Albertalli (listen to her FIrst Draft interviews here and here)

• Adam Silvera, author of More Happy Than Not, They Both Die at the End, and more (listen to his First Draft episode here)

• David Levithan, author of Every Day, Boy Meets Boy, and more

• Malinda Lo, author of Ash, Huntress, and more

• The Tiger's Daughter by K. Aresenault Rivera

• Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

• The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow

• The Ship We Build by Lexie Bean

I want to hear from you!

Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998 or send an email to mailbag @ firstdraftpod dot com!

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Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds; Leigh Bardugo, author of Ninth House and the Grishaverse series; Creator of Sex and the City Candace Bushnell; YouTube empresario and author Hank Green; Actors, comedians and screenwriters Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham; author and host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast Linda Holmes; Bestselling authors and co-hosts of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast, Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish and co-host of the Sciptnotes podcast; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works.

Don't miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Track Changes

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Arvin Ahmadi, author of Down and Across, Girl Gone Viral, and his latest, How it All Blew Up.

This episode is brought to you by Everything I Thought I Knew, by Shannon Takoaka, out from Candlewick Press October 13, 2020.

Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode

• The Magic Treehouse nonfiction book series

• Cheryl Klein, editor at Lee & Low

• Angela Lee Duckworth's TED Talk, Grit: The Power of Passion

• Call Me By Your Name (movie)

• Master of None (TV show)

• RuPaul's Drag Race (TV show)

• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

I want to hear from you!

Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998 or send an email to mailbag @ firstdraftpod dot com!

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Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds; Leigh Bardugo, author of Ninth House and the Grishaverse series; Creator of Sex and the City Candace Bushnell; YouTube empresario and author Hank Green; Actors, comedians and screenwriters Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham; author and host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast Linda Holmes; Bestselling authors and co-hosts of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast, Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish and co-host of the Sciptnotes podcast; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works.

Don't miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Track Changes

If you're looking for more information on how to get published, or the traditional publishing industry, check out the Track Changes podcast series, and sign up for the Track Changes weekly newsletter.

Support the Show

Love the show? Make a monthly or one-time donation at Paypal.me/FirstDraft.

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