It's said painters like painting, and writers like having written. That tends to be true. From Zadie Smith to Flannery O'Connor, Steven Pressfield to John Gardner, Annie Dillard et alia, writers know the writing life is difficult. 

And, it can be broken down into actionable steps. Steps writers have used for centuries to get work done. In this episode we talk those steps: being a student of language, loving your medium, overcoming distraction, subduing your own fractious mind, building a process, surrendering the outcome. Quote from Suzanne Buffam.

Mentioned in the podcast:

Books:
Annie Dillard: The Writing Life
Flannery O’Connor: Mystery and Manners
Steven Pressfield: The War of Art

Podcasts: 
Neil Gaiman - The Interview I’ve Waited 20 Years to Do (The Tim Ferriss Show #366)
Zadie Smith - How to Be Free (Touré Show)

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110 | How Writers Make Writing

Initiation and the young man’s soul. It’s a young men’s Christian podcast. And it’s a podcast on our cultural moment, post-modernity, the millennial world. 

To become a great man, you have to become a good man, one day at a time. And to become a good man, you have to understand your moment. Beauty, adventure, politics, theology, psychology, and the soul, we have conversations with experts in their own terms and dive deep into topics that, if you understand them, will help you change your life. A weekly podcast.

Society & Culture

Personal Journals

History

Philosophy

Places & Travel

This is it. The final AndSons podcast. In this profoundly heartfelt conversation, Sam and Blaine look back at how this podcast came to be, what this journey has meant to each of them, and how their understanding of success has shifted over the years. This episode, originally a livestream, includes past AndSons podcast guests speaking a blessing over your life. Come, raise a glass, and celebrate the hard but timely end to this amazing chapter.

Find Blaine's latest writing at blaineeldredge.com.
Learn more about Sam's latest project at nobleworkshops.com.

242 | Finale

How do you know when it's time to end a good thing? As the AndSons podcast nears its final episode, Sam and Blaine reveal how they knew this was the right moment to bring the series to a close. They also share how beautiful and hard it's been knowing this decision may disappoint others, facing the risk of what's next, grappling with the difference between leaving and arriving, and processing their own grief as this chapter comes to a close.
Show Note: The poem excerpted at the end of this podcast is "The Journey" by David Whyte.

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Learn more about Sam's latest project at nobleworkshops.com.

241 | The Journey

Blaine Eldredge introduces an episode of his new venture, The Mount Vigil Podcast. www.mountvigil.org

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BONUS: The Mount Vigil Podcast

The AndSons podcast is drawing to a close but AndSons is NOT ending. In this conversation, Sam and Blaine share what's next for each of them. Sam reveals plans for the future print volumes of the magazine as well as a 2022 live AndSons event that will become a long-term video resource for young men. And Blaine introduces his new focus, named Mount Vigil. Completely distinct from AndSons, Mount Vigil is a platform to help men and women interpret the movements of the story of God and discover how to enter into a deep and alert experience of Jesus in this significant time. For more on Mount Vigil—including podcasts, articles, and videos—visit www.mountvigil.org

Find Blaine's latest writing at blaineeldredge.com.
Learn more about Sam's latest project at nobleworkshops.com.

240 | What's Next

The Wild at Heart men's team recently gathered for a new mission—to share insights gleaned from the ups and downs of their twenties. To start the conversation, Sam and Blaine invited the guys over forty (John, Bart, Allen, Morgan, Alex, JD, Justin, and Barry) into the podcast studio one at a time and asked them this question: "Looking back, what do you now wish you could tell the you of your twenties"? The advice is timely and timeless. Because every man feels both overwhelmed and underqualified during this demanding season. So imagine being around a fire-pit with these men as you take in these personal, powerful stories of those who have traveled the miles, earned the scars, and, along the way, discovered what matters most.

Find Blaine's latest writing at blaineeldredge.com.
Learn more about Sam's latest project at nobleworkshops.com.

110 | How Writers Make Writing

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