The Mommy’s Pen Podcast

By Sue and Nora Campbell

Writer Sue Campbell talks books, stories and story structure with her eleven-year-old daughter, Nora. Great for budding young writers and #kidlit lovers. New episodes every Friday.... more

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The podcast currently has 83 episodes available.

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September 01, 2019 S7, E3: Nora's Foolscap Continued
This week we brainstorm and work through some ideas in Nora's story plotting—playing with the idea of time travel in different eras. There might be a climax that takes place in the kitchen at Hampton Court Palace!

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18min
August 23, 2019 S7, E2: Nora's Foolscap - Part 1
In this episode, 12-year-old Nora starts brainstorming some details to plan her story and confesses that wearing headbands makes her feel "elevated," a feeling she shares with her protagonist.
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24min
August 17, 2019 S7, E1: Nora Starts Story Planning
This season 12-year-old Nora is going to write a short story using all of the story structure principles we’ve been discussing for the past year on the podcast. We discuss how to start story planning. Follow along and write your own story!
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16min
August 04, 2019 S6, E8: The School for Good and Evil
Nora had to pilot the podcast ship this week due to severe little sister interference. She analyzes book 1 in the popular series The School for Good and Evil using the four-act structure.
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19min
July 26, 2019 S6, E7: Mary Poppins
This week, we're going backwards, looking at the original Mary Poppins movie after our analysis of Mary Poppins Returns last episode. This time, we're looking at it through the 5 Commandments of Story developed by Shawn Coyne of Story Grid.
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17min
July 13, 2019 S6, E6: Mary Poppins Returns
It’s summer and we’re lazy so we’re doing a movie instead of a book. We liked Mary Poppins Returns way more than we thought we would and we’re analyzing the four act structure.
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27min
July 06, 2019 S6, E5: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
This week we dissect Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, looking at the five commandments of storytelling for both Eleanor and Marianne’s story arcs.
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19min
June 29, 2019 S6, E4: The Book of Boy
This week we discuss the BRILLIANT middle grade novel THE BOOK OF BOY by Catherine Gilbert Murdoch. The first part of the episode we tell you why you should read the book, then deconstruct the book’s structure, complete with spoilers.
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25min
June 21, 2019 S6, E3: Front Desk by Kelly Yang - Review and Story Structure Analysis
If you're looking for books that feature diverse characters and tackle inclusion themes (and you should be), this lovely little book deserves a spot in your stack. It's the story of a young Chinese immigrant, Mia Tang, who helps her parents manage a hotel and uses her ever-improving English skills to help just about everyone around her.
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22min
June 09, 2019 S6, E2: One Mixed-Up Night
We start off with a few Alma anecdotes and then launch into this week’s book review: ONE MIXED-UP NIGHT by the brilliant and lovely Catherine Newman who is everything, amen.
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25min

FAQs about The Mommy’s Pen Podcast:

How many episodes does The Mommy’s Pen Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 83 episodes available.