The Written Scene

Author and poet Joseph Milosch is not one to short thrift the process of writing, whether it's his poetry or short stories. This was a lesson he learned very early on.

In this episode of The Written Scene, Joseph talks about sharing short poems, his father's lessons on writing, using downtime in the military to write, the difficulty of getting a book of flash fiction published, why poetry is great for processing feelings, disguising short fiction as memoir, knowing and working with Steve Kowit, writing in a thoughtful way vs. just writing, the power of a perfectly placed line break in a poem, using humor in poetry and how it comes it naturally, having different editing processes between prose and poetry, how the audience can be the best teacher for a performer, and much more.

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Bob Dylan inspired a lot of people, including poet and author Joseph Milosch, just not in a way you might expect. At least initially.

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Author and journalist Alex Kecskes has always known he wanted to be a writer. After various writing ventures, he discovered the freedom of writing novels.

In this episode of The Written Scene, Alex talks about using history as writing inspiration, writing about the plane ride when he moved from Hungary to the US as a kid, the life changing teachers in our lives, how an advertising career taught him how to tell a story, having multiple drafts for each type of writing process, bringing your audience into your world, the stark difference between writing screenplays vs. writing novels, which aspect of writing feels like actual work, getting a personal approach with a small publisher, how technology plays a role in writing and life overall, and so much more.

While I don't promote purchasing books on Amazon (please buy from local bookstores), it's where his book is sold and in the end, it's still very important to support authors. Use this link to get your copy of Alex's book, Healer.

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Most of us had at least one teacher that had a positive impact on our lives. Author Alex Kecskes encountered his in the 9th grade and has never forgotten it.

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For author, community organizer, and gardener Mario DeMatteo, sharing and giving are his biggest motivators along his own personal hero's journey.

In this episode of The Written Scene, Mario talks about his lifelong love of telling stories, the difference Glassless Minds has made in his life, what higher education can and can't do for a writer, the joy of discovering he can still write after his accident, finding purpose in suffering, determining the most important beats when adapting an already written story to a graphic novel, the importance of gardening and its connection to his writing, what forming community and sharing with others can do for the soul, reasons to write for both yourself and for others, and so much more.

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For author and gardener Mario DeMatteo, the hero's journey isn't just found in books he's read. It's in his real life past, too.

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For poet, author, teacher, and gardener Karla Cordero, each challenge, whether writing related or not, is an opportunity to be creative.

In this episode of The Written Scene, Karla talks about knowing when to be patient with yourself when you're not writing, the role of artists in society, her experience and personal journey in a MFA program, why visually seeing a physical layout of a manuscript is important, how writing in a new genre excitingly feels like starting over again as a writer, where and when it helps (or seems to help) to have an agent, her introduction to performance poetry and how it shaped her love of poetry, researching publishers before submitting to them, being a writer and also working a non-writing job to survive, getting creative with finding paid creative opportunities, and much more.

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For Karla Cordero, an author, poet, artivist, teacher, and much more, there are multiple ways to write, and that includes times when no words are even written.

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Poet and professor Bear Wolf has from the very beginning been an artist. And even if he wanted to stop and be something or someone else (which has never crossed his mind), he wouldn't be able to.

In this episode of The Written Scene, Bear discusses the constant struggle to remember to show and not tell, gaining a deeper understanding of something through teaching others, finding time to write among other responsibilities, using creativity to gain new perspectives, becoming a teacher by mistake and other weird jobs he's held, the goal of being a paid writer but being a realist at the same time, bad teachers as the reason why people don't like poetry, how we've been taught in a colonizer way (taught what to think and not how to think), the responsibility of poets and writers and artists in society, adjusting expectations and frustrations with parents and grandparents, what his one wish for societal change would be if he could make a change, watching his poetry become satirical, and much, much more.

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For poet and professor Bear Wolf, creativity is essential in not just gaining new perspectives and paths in his art, but also in how he teaches and grades his students.

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