The Written Scene

Author Janell Strube may also work as a tax accountant but her extensive use of spreadsheets made writing much easier.

In this episode of The Written Scene, Janell talks about the writing lessons learned from going down rabbit holes, being the kid with their nose in the book instead of playing, viewing writing as feeding and nourishing people, the power of realizing and also believing you're a writer, having a day job that competes with time to write, zooming out to see just how much we've written over time, volunteering within a writer community and how that benefits us, developing thick skin through critique groups, using objects to tell a story, having a specific office just for writing, the lesson of less is more when writing a love scene, why bookstores survive in a digital world, and much more.

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Not all teachers are good. But even the bad ones can be motivating, just as it was for author and memoirist Janell Strube.

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Author Barbara Carlton led a previous life as an architect, a job she's now retired from, but a job that was very much like writing a novel.

In this episode of The Written Scene, Barbara talks about the fortune of having a good publisher, how her love of music played a role in her writing, writing like you're in a mine with only a headlamp, reading kid lit just fo the joy of reading it, why taking a lot of writing classes can prevent the enjoyment of specific genres, the fear of "now what?" after finishing a novel you've worked on for many years, cross-fertilizing by writing different genres, how writing at an older age can benefit a story, when travel is both good and unnecessary for writing, having so large of a sinlge draft that it must be broken up into four different books altogether, and much more.

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For author Barbara Carlton, the inspiration for her novel, as it can be for many authors, was right there on her own street.

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When it comes to writing, there's no shortage of joy of the process in author and professor Matt Bell, and it's obvious from the smile you can hear in his voice when he talks about it.

In this momentous episode (100!) of The Written Scene, Matt discusses growing up in a family of environmentalists and its impact on his writing, the joy of maintaining consistency in a story, creating an outline after the first draft, not being nostalgic with past drafts of stories, finding 30 year old anthologies with now well-established authors, becoming a writer later in life and its advantages, how the only control a writer has is to keep writing, the benefits authors will accumulate while also teaching, what working non-writing jobs will do for your future writing job, having characters with no names and what that does both to and for a story, handling rejection and using baseball statistics for perspective, and so much more.

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For author and professor Matt Bell, writing a novel can be a great starting point to understand and maybe even conquer anxieties and fears.

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When it comes to writing, to author Taylor Garcia it's more than just a thing we do. It's a career, albeit just a really enjoyable one.

In this episode of The Written Scene, Taylor discusses the potential reasons why men are reading less fiction, growing up in a matriarchal family environment, having a healthy dose of life for storytelling purposes, a cruel suggestion from a grad school professor, seeing the world as a story, working non-creative jobs, finding a love of editing and feedback, ironic redemption for a character, letting ideas marinate for a long time before writing, bringing things together in a story that don't typically belong together, handling multiple writing projects at the same time, the pedestrian Bud Light nature of stories and shows, writing whenever and wherever you can, and so much more.

Make sure to get your copy of Taylor's book, "Animal Husbandry," which you can find at my favorite bookstore in town, The Book Catapult.

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According to author Taylor Garcia, as cruel as it can be, having a higher and formal level of writing education can help not just your writing craft but also explain why the greats are the greats.

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For pianist and author Jeeyoon Kim, the artist's job is to create a bridge to their art. Because of this, her piano performances are an engaging, multi-media experience.

In this episode of The Written Scene, Jeeyoon talks about how her newsletter inspired her recent book, implementing storytelling into her piano concerts, giving readers a reason to take a breath after each chapter of her book, discovering a love of jazz later in life, requiring patience when listening to classical music, what a doctorate degree teaches us about what we know and don't know, the educator's mindset, learning to hibernate and learn before performing, an artist's susceptibility to tall into the comparison trap, how writing music is similar to writing words, why we're better people the closer we are to nature, the ways the sense of awe can be healing, and much more.

Grab your copy of Jeeyoon's book Beyond the Keys: Music & Stories of Inspiration at your local bookshop not named Amazon. Need a suggestion that has the book? Try one of my favorites, Warwick's in La Jolla.

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For pianist and author Jeeyoon Kim, connecting with her newsletter readers formed a deeper, more real relationship with others, and puts her work in perspective.

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