The Written Scene

In this week's episode with poet and professor Leonora "Leo" Simonovis, we'll hear what it means to live off the land and not be from it, how the way we're taught has an affect on the way we write as writers, and what is worth sacrificing to be a writer.

Leo's recent collection of poetry: Study of the Raft

Leo's favorite Venezuelan poet: Hanni Ossott (7 poemas en español)

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Any writer will tell you at some point they've used writing as therapy. For poet and professor Leonora Simonovis, it only became obvious that's what she was doing when she was writing her book, Study of the Raft.

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Well, it's been one calendar year of The Written Scene and there's no better way to celebrate than with yet another great interview.

In this episode, we'll hear from poet, professor, and publisher Katie Manning as she talks about how any and all education is good for your writing, how the publication process isn't the only thing but making it a game makes it fun, and what the full and wide range of what the writing process is.

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On this Valentine's Day, do something you love and listen to this Written Scene teaser with poet, professor, and publisher Katie Manning as she talks about something she loves, writing.

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Many of us spend a fair amount of time wondering about space and how we fit in it. For historian, professor, and storyteller T.J. Tallie, his focus is the duality of occupying two spaces at once. In this episode of The Written Scene, T.J. talks about that first book feeling, what a day of research looks and feels like, and the concept of historical orphanage.

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Any well written character arc involves a challenge to their norm. For historian, writer, and professor TJ Tallie, he prefers to experience it himself.

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It doesn't take long to find out that writer and multi-media artist Ramel Wallace is a storyteller through and through. In this episode, Ramel talks about how he was a reserved kid and had to learn how to communicate, how community is an awareness of dimensionality (his words), and when it comes down to it, he just wants to do it all.

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For storyteller Ramel Wallace, one of the greatest storytelling moments happened for him as a child... while watching wrestling.

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In this episode of The Written Scene, we'll hear from Nicole Paquin, a writer, singer, real estate agent, and more, about how community in writing is important, why she took a very large amount of writing classes through various means, and what writing has taught her about herself.

Visit Nicole's site to find out more about her and writing, including her novel Sofia Madison and the Voice Within.

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For many writers, the act of writing is very therapeutical. For writer and actor Nicole Paquin, this was especially true. Until she realized she had a talent she shouldn't ignore.

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