The Nudge

We talk promotion, pandemia, and compost with Jess Saba, a PR consultant who self-defines as a 'lurker around writers'.

Kyle, Matt, and Eric talk hive-minds, permeable selves, and habits as always. 

References:

Movies: Evil Dead, Lost in Translation, Magnolia

Books: Pachinko, Orlando, VALIS, The Face of Battle

Shows: Station 11, Atlanta, YouTuber Noel Miller

Authors: Kurt Vonnegut

Eric, Matt and Tim interview Michael Estes about his poetry, and poetry at large. 

Kyle, Matt, & Eric discuss the relative difficulties of being alone, how it relates to writing, and then open up the final prompts from the film pitch exercise in order to move to the next phase of the project.

Reference Material

What happens when you take a kernel and try to make it sprout a few paragraphs?

Tim, Matt, and Eric chat with Dan Brooklyn about his remarkable travels and the stories that came from them.

Matt, Eric, and Kyle talk about screenwriting and start a new, small, fun project.

Eric, Matt, and Tim chat about writing to music, and then dig into suspense and fear. Eric and Matt both share scary stories from back when, and do a little campfire story-round.

Eric, Kyle, n' Matt discuss English profanities, the weather, bugs and composting, the stakes of composting, the stakes of composting humans, how stakes impact writing. They talk about sea glass—when it's not good and when it is good—and the general problem of what to do with stuff when we're done with it, leading to questions of the role of the writer in asking questions, questions in favor of reckless honesty, vulnerability, and more. 

They also read Kyle's story Midwest Pizza, which he is currently shopping for publication.

Tim, Eric, and Matt talk with Dan Lombardy about his and their approach—why writing? How does the sport affect the person who does it? What issues arise in the act? They read a trimming of a larger work of his and discuss how it affects them, and more.