The Written Scene

If you're curious just how much feelings and emotions can come into play for a creator, you're in the right place. In this episode of The Written Scene with screenwriter and teacher Sean Martin, topics include the challenge of ego creeping into our writing, his coloring book creation process, what happens when money is no longer the deciding factor in life, knowing when to move on from a project (hint: feelings), commonalities between writing and chemical engineering, and much more.

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For screenwriter Sean Martin, his years as a chemical engineer have certainly played a part in how compartmentalizing is part of his writing process.

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If you've been listening to The Written Scene for awhile, you'll have heard by now how there is no one single path to writing. For Kate Clapp McGovern, a writer, storyteller, and teacher, her path is equally her own.

Listen in to hear why Kate let's a story mentally marinate before writing it down, her preference to write on paper first, the joy of random thoughts that become stories later (pigeons and babies, anyone?), treading carefully in memoir stories, how we all could use an Aunt Pat, and much more.

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'80s heartthrob Corey Hart wisely sang you can never surrender. Seems writer and teacher Kate Clapp McGovern has taken that mindset to heart when it comes to her story ideas.

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It doesn't take long to discover Adam Deutsch, a poet, professor, and publisher, takes poetry as seriously as he takes bicycling and road safety for bicyclists and humans in general. (And that's a lot.) While there is some talk of poor urban design, listen in to this episode of The Written Scene to hear how the process of putting together his book was freeing, his reasons for why he loves teaching, why he doesn't keep old drafts of writing, the fallacy of writer's block, the importance of a writing community, and much more.

Adam's book, EVERY TRANSMISSION

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For professor, poet, and publisher Adam Deutsch, putting together his latest book of poetry, EVERY TRANSMISSION, was like lining up the best of the best instead of a having a story he wanted to tell.

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This episode with Gill Sotu, a writer and performer and so much more, is one of those episodes where two people who enjoy doing the same thing could probably talk for hours about it. Listen to hear what teachers from our past can do for our writing, how your mindset can be a professional deal breaker, a little geeking out on diversity of thought, how a movie was his entrance into slam poetry, and much, much more.

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When it comes to performing, writer and all around artist Gill Sotu still gets nervous after all these years. What helps, though, is knowing he's prepared and has practiced for moments like this.

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For New York Times bestseller Matt de la Peña, realizing he was in his zone as a Young Adult author came after he wrote his first book, Ball Don't Lie. Listen in to hear how this revelation came about, as well as the difficulties of telling heavy stories to kids, how pickup basketball games were where he learned storytelling, the role of identity and location in his stories, what having a small writers group can do for your writing, and much more.

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According to New York Times bestselling writer Matt de la Peña, sometimes the market needs a little shove in the right direction. And who knows? Your story might be the one to help make that happen.

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