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To write exophonically, first you need to read lots in the language you're seeking to write in.

In this episode I talk about:

-How I wasn't a reader growing up and became one only recently.

-Changing schools mid-first grade and having to quickly adapt to cursive (when all I new was printed letters).

-The first book I ever read on my own and liked:

Dailan Kifki by María Elena Walsh
✨ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/311950.Dailan_Kifki

-How I used to think I needed to read all the classics to "earn" the right to read modern authors. 🤦‍♀️
 
-Some of my favourite books:

Fiction:

• Neil Gaiman - everything he does!
• Alissa Nutting - Tampa
• Madeleine Ryan - A Room Called Earth
• Sarah Crossan - One (she writes novels in verse!)

Non- fiction:

• James Clear - Atomic Habits
• Mark Mason - The subtle art of not giving a f*ck
• Natalie Goldberg - Writing down the bones

All this and more. Listen on :D

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Words are god-like elements that establish the reality all around us.
Join me in this episode to know about:

• When a word has 2 meaning but we only know 1 of them.
• The joy of making words up.
• There's no such thing as unreal words, only unpopular ones.
• Why linguists don't study words.

✨ SHOW NOTES ✨

The Translator - by Nina Schuyler
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/16255224

Babycakes - by Neil Gaiman (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cB2fe60Mdk

Words (allegedly) made-up by Shakespeare
https://nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/words-shakespeare-invented/

Sonder - Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
https://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/post/23536922667/sonder

Vsauce (about words)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb0YoRMXIY0

Morphemes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpheme

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Welcome to this episode about the challenges that we encounter when writing not in our first language.

I mention the obstacles of...

1.  Grammar and syntaxis
2.  Imposter Syndrome
3.  Lack of vocabulary
4.  Falling into literal translation (especially of collocations and fix phrases) 

... as well as some ideas on how to tackle them. Listen to find out!

SHOW NOTES:

Mundo Lingo
https://mundolingo.org/


Masterclass: 68 creative ways of saying 'said'
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/creative-ways-to-say-said-in-writing


Joey uses a thesaurus on every word
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcM4zWiikKQ


COCA - English Corpora
https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/

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This is my first ever episode, (yay!) and it's all about (you guessed it)... Exophonic Writing!

I'll talk about what it is and why I choose to practise it instead of simply write in my native language (Spanish)

More specifically, I'll mention 4 reasons why  writing in English is easier to me than writing in Spanish.

As per the how to write exophonically?  you'll have to listen and find out for yourselves.

SHOW NOTES: 

• Qué difícil es hablar el español (difference in Spanish vocabulary among countries)

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyGFz-zIjHE

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