Welcome to Working Title, a podcast where two writer friends stumble through books we love, looking for writing secrets. Join us as we read books that were foundational to our own writing (flashbacks), explore themes across genres and books (plot twist) and talk about whatever is inspiring us (red herring).

For our second flashback episode, Dana picked a childhood favorite: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. In this episode we explore how Levine creates obstacles for her characters, develops friendships and romances and uses humor.

Links:

Gail Carson Levine's Writing Spell: https://www.gailcarsonlevine.com/writer_to_writer_prev.html

Welcome to Working Title, a podcast where two writer friends stumble through books we love, looking for writing secrets. Join us as we read books that were foundational to our own writing (flashbacks), explore themes across genres and books (plot twist) and talk about whatever is inspiring us (red herring).

For our first flashback episode, Leah picked a book both hosts read in their childhood: Stardust by Neil Gaiman. Leah and Dana discuss how small stakes can make for great stories and how our interpretation of books change with our expectations.