The Art of the Ages: The How and Why of Writing

The Art of the Ages: The How and Why of Writing

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The Art of the Ages: The How and Why of Writing episodes

  • HOW: Swoopers and Bashers
    Talking about Swoopers and Bashers, a concept described by Kurt Vonnegut in his book Timequake.
    This being November and therefore National Novel Writing Month (https://nanowrimo.org/) thought we would chat a little about keeping a writing schedule and minimum word count.
    http://www.paullytle.com
    One of my novels, The Yellow Canary:
    https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH
    16 min
  • WHY: Does God Like It?
    Great timing as a Douglas Wilson blog post was released that parallels what we've been doing quite nicely:
    https://dougwils.com/books-and-culture/s7-engaging-the-culture/modern-art-and-the-dearth-of-culture%EF%BB%BF.html
    http://www.paullytle.com
    One of my novels, The Yellow Canary:
    https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH
    19 min
  • WHY: Order from Chaos
    Playing off our episode last week on sub-creation, we now delve a little farther into what we create and to what end.
    http://www.paullytle.com
    One of my novels, The Yellow Canary:
    https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH
    21 min
  • WHY: Sub-Creation
    A little on why we write, really focusing on Tolkien's amazing essay "On Faerie-stories" (https://amzn.to/2PWKbw2)
    http://www.paullytle.com
    One of my novels, The Yellow Canary:
    https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH
    15 min
  • HOW: Keeping a Schedule
    This being November and therefore National Novel Writing Month (https://nanowrimo.org/) thought we would chat a little about keeping a writing schedule and minimum word count.
    http://www.paullytle.com
    One of my novels, The Yellow Canary:
    https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH
    15 min

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A podcast on writing - why we write, how the mechanics of writing work, and what we can learn from others.