<a href="https://loriostlund.com/">Lori Ostlund</a>, <a href="https://www.doughendersonauthor.com/">Doug Henderson</a>, and <a href="https://www.tkrex.wtf/">T. K. Rex</a> discuss hopeful fiction, metaphor, the Midwest, balancing humor and darkness, crafting characters who feel like real people, the Flannery O’Connor award, and a third addition to the pantser/plotter dichotomy: poet. Stuff we mentioned in the episode:<ul><li>Lori’s novella <a href="https://www.nereview.com/vol-44-no-3-2023/just-another-family-excerpt/">Just Another Family</a></li><li><a href="https://ugapress.org/series/flannery-oconnor-award-for-short-fiction/">flannery o’connor award</a></li><li>Flannery winner <a href="https://iheomanwachukwu.com/">Iheoma Nwachukwu</a></li><li><a href="https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/">Rainbow Railroad</a></li></ul>

Lori Ostlund, Doug Henderson, and T. K. Rex discuss hopeful fiction, metaphor, the Midwest, balancing humor and darkness, crafting characters who feel like real people, the Flannery O’Connor award, and a third addition to the pantser/plotter dichotomy: poet. Stuff we mentioned in the episode:Lori’s novella Just Another Familyflannery o’connor awardFlannery winner Iheoma NwachukwuRainbow Railroad

<a href="https://loriostlund.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lori Ostlund</a>, <a href="https://www.doughendersonauthor.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Doug Henderson</a>, and <a href="https://www.tkrex.wtf/" rel="noopener noreferrer">T. K. Rex</a> discuss hopeful fiction, metaphor, the Midwest, balancing humor and darkness, crafting characters who feel like real people, the Flannery O’Connor award, and a third addition to the pantser/plotter dichotomy: poet. Stuff we mentioned in the episode:<ul><li>Lori’s novella <a href="https://www.nereview.com/vol-44-no-3-2023/just-another-family-excerpt/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Just Another Family</a></li><li><a href="https://ugapress.org/series/flannery-oconnor-award-for-short-fiction/" rel="noopener noreferrer">flannery o’connor award</a></li><li>Flannery winner <a href="https://iheomanwachukwu.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Iheoma Nwachukwu</a></li><li><a href="https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rainbow Railroad</a></li></ul>

Pantser, Plotter, Poet with Lori Ostlund & Doug Henderson

Conversations with working writers on the craft of writing, the writer’s life, and the broader writing community, recorded at the Writers Grotto in San Francisco, California.

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Pantser, Plotter, Poet with Lori Ostlund & Doug Henderson

Pantser, Plotter, Poet with Lori Ostlund & Doug Henderson